Natural Language Web Interface for Database (NLWIDB)
This addresses the communication gap for non-technical users interacting with databases, though it appears incremental as natural language interfaces are an established area.
The paper tackles the problem of non-technical users struggling to query databases due to the complexity of SQL by developing a Natural Language Web Interface for Database (NLWIDB), which enables querying in English-like language over the Internet.
It is a long term desire of the computer users to minimize the communication gap between the computer and a human. On the other hand, almost all ICT applications store information in to databases and retrieve from them. Retrieving information from the database requires knowledge of technical languages such as Structured Query Language. However majority of the computer users who interact with the databases do not have a technical background and are intimidated by the idea of using languages such as SQL. For above reasons, a Natural Language Web Interface for Database (NLWIDB) has been developed. The NLWIDB allows the user to query the database in a language more like English, through a convenient interface over the Internet.