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This paper reopens the long dormant topic of natural language updates to databases. A protocol to handle database updates of the IDM (Insert-Delete-Modify) class is proposed and implemented. This protocol exploits modern relational update facilities and constraints and structures update dialogues using DAMSL dialogue acts. The protocol may be used with any natural language parser that maps to relational queries.
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Minock, M. (2006). Natural Language Updates to Databases Through Dialogue. In: Kop, C., Fliedl, G., Mayr, H.C., Métais, E. (eds) Natural Language Processing and Information Systems. NLDB 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3999. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11765448_19
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