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Translator Glossary of Terms

Translator UI: Web interface to the Translator system

  • Displays scored and ranked results and evidence, confidence, and provenance from the ARS
  • Currently only supports a select set of templated queries
  • Production instance is accessible at https://ui.transltr.io/

ARS: Autonomous Relay System

  • Functions as a central relay station between ARAs
  • Broadcasts user queries to the ARAs and compiles responses

ARA: Autonomous Relay Agent

  • Function is to build upon the knowledge contributed by KPs by way of reasoning and inference and in response to user-defined queries
  • ARAs also apply scoring-and-ranking algorithms to query results in order to assist with user interpretation and evaluation of answers

KP: Knowledge Provider

  • Contributes domain-specific, high-value information abstracted from one or more underlying “knowledge sources,” which may be “raw” data or information that has been abstracted from the data

TRAPI: Translator Reasoner Application Programming Interface

  • A standard HTTP protocol for transmitting queries and receiving answers across the Translator ecosystem, with both structured as graphs
  • An open-source, graph-oriented data model and upper-level ontology or schema for integrating and semantically harmonizing across disparate knowledge sources

SRI Services

  • Key Translator Platform support services such as Name Resolver and Node Normalizer that have been developed by the Translator Standards and Reference Implementation component to support standardization across Translator components