<HEAD> <TITLE>"ASK - point linking"</Title> </HEAD> <BODY> <A NAME="pgtop"></A> <A HREF="indexc.htm"><Img Src="flconts.gif" alt=""></A> <A HREF="index10.htm"><Img Src="fllarrow.gif" alt=""></A> <A HREF="index12.htm"><Img Src="flrarrow.gif" alt=""></A> <A HREF="#pgbot"><Img Src="flnote.gif" alt=""></A> <BR> <IMG BORDER=0 SRC="index11.gif" alt=""> <HR> <A NAME="pgbot"></A> <UL><LI>Another improvement in the concept linking system came when the authors developed a <B>guided concept creation</B> system for creating the actual concepts which are linked together. This was done to help novices to build concepts and links. <LI>Basically guided concept creation works by forming a statement by concatenating a series of choices from lists, like this: <LI>1. Choose a concept. <LI>2. Choose a mode with which the concept will be linked to another concept -- from the fixed list [do, should, can]. <LI>3. Choose a sense that will modify the mode to provide more subtle meanings -- from the fixed list [indeed, not, anti]. <LI>4. Choose a relation that will link the two concepts -- from a list of about 30 fixed relations (e.g., Attribute, Domain, Event, Goal, Change, Role...). <LI>5. Choose a second concept. <LI>This method improved the quality of concept and link mapping by novices.</UL> <HR> <A HREF="#pgtop"><Img Src="flpage.gif" alt=""></A> <FONT SIZE="-2">Published by Lotus® Freelance Graphics® </BODY>