Zusammenfassung
Natürlichsprachliche Schnittstellen zu Datenbanksystemen dringen aus den Forschungslabors in den Markt vor. Damit stellen sich neue Fragen nach dem Nutzen solcher Systeme im praktischen Einsatz. Dieser Aufsatz fasst einige Ziele und Entwicklungsrichtungen aus Anwendersicht zusammen und diskutiert Kriterien und Methoden zur Bewertung natürlichsprachlicher Anfragesprachen am Beispiel einer Serie von Experimenten, die am Center for Research on Information Systems der New York University durchgeführt wurden. Abschliessend werden kurz einige Probleme der Anwendungsentwicklung dargestellt.
Abstract
Natural language interfaces to database systems are moving from the research labs into the market. New questions about the usefulness of such systems in daily practice become relevant. This paper investigates some goals and development trends from the point of view of the user, and presents criteria and methods for evaluating natural language query languages using the example of a series of experiments conducted at the Center for Research on Infprmation Systems of New York University. Finally, some problems of application development are briefly addressed.
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Jarke, M. (1983). Zur Beurteilung Natürlichsprachlicher Endbenutzerschnittstellen von Datenbanken. In: Schmidt, J.W. (eds) Sprachen für Datenbanken. Informatik-Fachberichte, vol 72. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69297-0_4
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