Extending a Natural Language Interface with Geospatial Queries

Author

Chintaphally, V.R. ; Neumeier, Kyle ; McFarlane, Joshua ; Cothren, Jackson ; Thompson, Craig W.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Volume

11

Issue

6

fYear

2007

Firstpage

82

Lastpage

85

Abstract

In this installation of architectural perspectives, we describe an extension of a menu-based natural language interface (MBNLI) to support geospatial queries. Our extension makes it easier for application analysts and even inexperienced users to phrase complex queries without knowing the relational database query language SQL, database schemas (table structures), spatial operators, or spatial indexes.

Keywords

computational linguistics; geographic information systems; grammars; natural language interfaces; query processing; visual databases; SQL relational database query language; architectural perspectives; database schemas; geospatial queries; grammar extensions; inexperienced users; menu-based natural language interface; spatial indexes; spatial operators; Buildings; Cities and towns; Database languages; Design automation; Geographic Information Systems; Natural languages; Relational databases; Roads; Spatial databases; Spatial indexes; SQL; architectural perspectives; geospatial queries; natural language; relational database management systems;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Internet Computing, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7801

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MIC.2007.124

Filename

4376233