Title :
Implementation strategies for robust database interfaces
Author :
Trogstad, P.J. ; Black, W.J. ; Johnson, F.C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Computation, Univ. of Manchester Inst. of Sci. & Technol., UK
Abstract :
Describes completed work on the implementation of two successive versions of a natural language database interface with some recovery facilities, using the Prolog DCG in a way analogous to Hendrix´s LIFER system (1978) and ongoing work building similar facilities into a more linguistically sophisticated interface
Keywords :
database management systems; natural languages; query languages; user interfaces; LIFER system; Prolog DCG; natural language database interface; recovery facilities; robust database interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Natural Language Understanding, IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
London
