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International Conference on Application of Natural Language to Information Systems

NLDB 2000: Natural Language Processing and Information Systems pp 141–151Cite as

Domain Analysis and Queries in Context

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We are formulating design guidelines for a knowledge system that is to provide answers to natural language queries in context. A query that starts out being very vague is to be sharpened with the assistance of the system. Also, the response to a query is more meaningful when presented in context. We recognize three types of context: essential, reference, and source. Essential context associates the response to a query with a time and place. Reference context provides reference values that help the user determine whether the response to a fuzzy query is true or false. Source context relates to the dependability of the response.

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  1. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA, 15260, USA

    Alfs T. Berztiss

  2. SYSLAB, University of Stockholm, Sweden

    Alfs T. Berztiss

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  1. PRiSM Laboratory, University of Versailles, 45 av.des Etats-Unis, 78035, Paris, France

    Mokrane Bouzeghoub  & Zoubida Kedad  & 

  2. CNAM, CEDRIC Laboratory, 292 rue Saint-Martin, 75003, Paris

    Elisabeth Métais

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Berztiss, A.T. (2001). Domain Analysis and Queries in Context. In: Bouzeghoub, M., Kedad, Z., Métais, E. (eds) Natural Language Processing and Information Systems. NLDB 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1959. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45399-7_12

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