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Wiki source code of Small Talk

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1 ==== OWL file ====
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3 [[http:~~/~~/www.dfki.de/lt/onto/pal/smalltalk.owl>>http://www.dfki.de/lt/onto/pal/smalltalk.owl]]
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5 ==== Authors ====
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7 Franziska Burger, Bernd Kiefer
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10 Short description of ontology ====
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12 The small talk ontology started as background knowledge for small conversations initiated by the robotic actor of the PAL project. The purpose of these interactions is to start off-activity-talk (OAT, aka. social talk) with the user.
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14 The purpose of this ontology is to provide the data structure specifications for all kinds of OAT related dialogue, which then can be used in later sessions as reference items.
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17 Related work ====
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19 Burger, F. V. (2016). Agents Sharing Secrets-Self-disclosure in Long-Term Child-Avatar Interaction.
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22 Ontology design ====
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24 The data for these conversations consists of Starters, Prompts, Disclosures and Closure parts to conduct such a dialogue.
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26 In addition, concepts necessary for conducting less scripted dialogues has been added, like parameters that play a role during OAT (intimacy level, topic, or valence), and concepts such as smalltalk:Liking, to represent preferences uttered by a user during a conversation, but also preferences for the robotic actor, to equip it with a unique personality.
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29 Evaluation and results ====
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31 The ontology is successfully used in the PAL system and facilitated small talk between the PAL actor and the child.
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34 References ====