Transportable natural language processing through simplicity—the PRE system
- 1 April 1985
- journal article
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in ACM Transactions on Information Systems
- Vol. 3 (2) , 107-120
- https://doi.org/10.1145/3914.3985
Abstract
PRE (Purposefully Restricted English) is a restricted English database query language whose implementation has addressed engineering goals, namely, habitability, interapplication transportability, performance, and use with a reliable database management system that supports large numbers of concurrent users and large databases. Habitability has not been demonstrated, but initial indications are encouraging. The other goals have clearly been achieved. The existence of the PRE system demonstrates that an explicitly “minimalist” approach to natural language processing can facilitate achievement of transportability.Keywords
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