The architecture and implementation of ENLI: example-based natural language-assisted interface

Author

El-Sharkawi, Mohamed E. ; Kambayashi, Yahiko

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Commun. Eng., Kyushu Univ., Hakozaki, Japan

fYear

1990

fDate

7-9 Mar 1990

Firstpage

430

Lastpage

432

Abstract

The architecture and implementation of a user interface called ENLI are presented. The interface supports an English-like query language. It is easy to implement and avoids problems in building natural language interfaces. Its core component consists of two translators, from ENLI to QBE and from QBE to SQL. ENLI considers several aspects of man-machine interaction. It supports different levels of users, and it generates a nested form of an unnested SQL query. This nested form is used to document and edit the query. Procedures for generating nested queries for unnested tree and cyclic queries are also described

Keywords

query languages; user interfaces; ENLI; English-like query language; QBE; SQL; architecture; cyclic queries; example-based natural language-assisted interface; implementation; man-machine interaction; tree; user interface; Buildings; Computer architecture; Computer interfaces; Database languages; Database systems; Displays; Man machine systems; Natural languages; Relational databases; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Databases, Parallel Architectures and Their Applications,. PARBASE-90, International Conference on

Conference_Location

Miami Beach, FL

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2035-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PARBSE.1990.77170

Filename

77170