Applications of Natural Language to Information Systems: Proceedings of the Second International Workshop June 26-28, 1996, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

This text covers a variety of topics, including natural language interfaces to databases, information retrieval, the use of linguistic tools and electronic dictionaries, conceptual modelling, paraphrasing and validating information system models, the use of natural language as a specification interface for the design of information systems, the linguistic aspects of database view integration, and hypertext facilties for database querying. The typical applications of natural language are addressed from both scientific and industrial perspectives.