?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=From+Reports+to+Maps&rft.creator=Schade%2C+Dr.+Ulrich&rft.creator=Frey%2C+Miloslaw&rft.creator=Becker%2C+Sebastian&rft.subject=Language&rft.subject=Pragmatics&rft.description=In+this+paper%2C+we+will+sketch+a+project+in+progress.+%0AThe+project+aims+at+an+application+of+a+command+and+control+system.+The+application+is+meant+to+process+military+reports+written+in+natural+language.+It+exploits+computer+linguistic+techniques%2C+especially+information+extraction+and+ontological+augmentation.+A+prototype+has+already++be+completed.%0A%0AA+real+world+application+of+report+processing+has+to+go+beyond+pure+syntactic+parsing.+Semantic+analysis+is+needed+and+the+meaning+of+the+report+has+to+be+constructed.+Even+more%2C+the+meaning+has+to+be+represented+in+a+format+such+that+it+can+be+visualized+within+the+so+called+%60%60common+operational+picture''+(COP).+The+COP+is+an+interactive+map+displaying+information.+COP+standards+are+provided+by+NATO.+Since+military+operations+of+our+days+--+war+operations+as+well+as+peace-keeping+and+nation+building+ones+--+involve+forces+of+many+nations%2C+the+COP+serves+as+main+tool+for+synchronizing+actions+and+plans.+The+paper+at+hand+will+provide+some+insights+what+kind+of+problems+come+along+%0Aif+language+processing+has+to+result+in+map+visualization.+It+also+will+describe+some+solutions+to+overcome+these+problems.&rft.date=2004&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3958%2F1%2Fsocrates.pdf&rft.identifier=++Schade%2C+Dr.+Ulrich+and+Frey%2C+Miloslaw+and+Becker%2C+Sebastian++(2004)+From+Reports+to+Maps.++%5BConference+Paper%5D++++(In+Press)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3958%2F