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Design issues in automatic translation for online information retrieval systems

Toliver, David E.

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Title
Design issues in automatic translation for online information retrieval systems
Author(s)
Toliver, David E.
Issue Date
1986
Keyword(s)
  • Libraries --Automation
  • User interfaces (Computer systems) Design
  • Information retrieval
Abstract
One objective of computer intermediary systems is to minimize incidental and accidental differences among the many distinct languages found in online bibliographic retrieval. Three classes of languages are identified: access protocols, retrieval commands/responses, and database structures. Each class has its own characteristic requirements for automatic translation. In developing one intermediary product the Sci-Mate Searcher distinct translation approaches proved most effective for each class: a procedural language for access protocols, customized coding for retrieval commands/responses, and a knowledge-based table for database structures. Despite differences in translation methods, users are presented with a consistent view throughout the product.
Publisher
Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Series/Report Name or Number
Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing (23rd : 1986)
ISSN
0069-4789
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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1986: What is User Friendly? PRIMARY
23rd Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing (1986). Edited by F.W. Lancaster.