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2003
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
Towards a theory of natural language interfaces to databases
The need for Natural Language Interfaces to databases (NLIs) has become increasingly acute as more and more people access information through their web browsers, PDAs, and cell ph...
Ana-Maria Popescu, Oren Etzioni, Henry A. Kautz
COLING
2000
13 years 6 months ago
Querying Temporal Databases Using Controlled Natural Language
Recent years have shown a surge in interest in temporal database systems, which allow users to store time-dependent intbrmation. We present a novel controlled natural language int...
Rani Nelken, Nissim Francez
EDBT
2006
ACM
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14 years 4 months ago
Constructing a Generic Natural Language Interface for an XML Database
Abstract. We describe the construction of a generic natural language query interface to an XML database. Our interface can accept an arbitrary English sentence as a query, which ca...
Yunyao Li, Huahai Yang, H. V. Jagadish
EJC
2003
13 years 6 months ago
A Theory of Signs for Database Semantics
The goal of this paper is to build a bridge from a certain intuitive conception of natural language communication, called the SLIM theory of language, to a technical approach, cal...
Roland Hausser
JISBD
2000
13 years 6 months ago
Databases and Natural Language Interfaces
A Natural Language Interface for Databases allows users of multimedia kiosks to formulate natural language questions. User questions are first translated into a logic language and ...
Porfírio P. Filipe, Nuno J. Mamede