Although natural language database interfaces have been developed for query processing, the problem of natural language updates has not generally been considered. To interpret update requests, several issues must be addressed that do not typically pose difficulties when dealing exclusively with queries. This paper examines the problems encountered, and describes an implemented system that performs simple natural language updates. Examples of the system's operation are presented, and the efficacy of the overall method is discussed.
['James Davidson']
A natural language interface for performing database updates