Title :
Developing natural language interfaces through NALIGE
Author :
Manaris, Bill Z. ; Glanville, Robert ; Gillis, Timothy E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Southwestern Louisiana Univ., Lafayette, LA, USA
Abstract :
The paper discusses the development of natural language interfaces to interactive computer systems through the NALIGE user interface management system. Such an activity is reduced to producing a set of well-formed specifications which describe lexical, syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic aspects of the selected application domain. These specifications are converted by NALIGE to an autonomous natural language interface that exhibits the prescribed linguistic and functional behavior. The development of a natural language interface to Unix and its subsequent porting to MS-DOS, VAX/VMS, and VM/CMS is presented. Finally, the development of a natural language interface for Internet navigation and resource location is discussed
Keywords :
interactive systems; natural language interfaces; natural languages; operating systems (computers); user interface management systems; Internet navigation; MS-DOS; NALIGE user interface management system; Unix; VAX/VMS; VM/CMS; application domain; autonomous natural language interface; functional behavior; interactive computer systems; linguistic behavior; natural language interface design; pragmatic aspects; resource location; well-formed specifications; Application software; Computer architecture; Computer interfaces; Computer science; Internet; Natural languages; Navigation; Operating systems; Telecommunication computing; User interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Tools with Artificial Intelligence, 1994. Proceedings., Sixth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
New Orleans, LA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-6785-0
DOI :
10.1109/TAI.1994.346482
