Accession Number:

ADA000450

Title:

Natural Language Data Base: Directorate of Development.

Descriptive Note:

Technical progress rept. May 72-Jun 74,

Corporate Author:

DEFENSE DOCUMENTATION CENTER ALEXANDRIA VA

Personal Author(s):

• McCauley,Ellen V.

Report Date:

1974-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

28.0

Abstract:

The report is the second in a series on the Natural Language Data Base NLDB being developed by the Defense Document Center as a part of its natural language processing system. The growth of the NLDB from 32,191 to 166,492 entries is described. During the period covered in this report the NLDB was used in the preparation of a printed information processing vocabulary, DDC Retrieval and Indexing Terminology DRIT. An operational Machine-Aided Indexing - Natural Language Data Base system was implemented in the Work Unit Information System WUIS.

Descriptors:

• *INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
• *NATURAL LANGUAGE
• *ENGLISH LANGUAGE
• DATA PROCESSING
• COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
• DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS
• SUBJECT INDEXING

Subject Categories:

• Information Science

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE