Conceptual Graphs for a Data Base Interface

نویسنده

  • John F. Sowa
چکیده

A data base system that supports natural language queries is not really natural if it requires the user to know how the data are represented. This paper defines a formalism, called conceptual graphs, that can describe data according to the user’s view and access data according to the system’s view. In addition, the graphs can represent functional dependencies in the data base and support inferences and computations that are not explicit in the initial query.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • IBM Journal of Research and Development

دوره 20  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1976