This book discusses the connection between two areas of semantics, namely the semantics of databases and the semantics of natural language, and links them via a common view of the semantics of time. It is argued that a coherent theory of the semantics of time is an essential ingredient for the success of efforts to incorporate more 'real world' semantics into database models. This idea is a relatively recent concern of database research but it is receiving growing interest. The book begins with a discussion of database querying which motivates the use of the paradigm of Montague Semantics and discusses the details of the intensional logic ILs. This is followed by a description of the author's own model, the Historical Relational Data Model (HRDM) which extends the RDM to include a temporal dimension. Finally the database querying language QEHIII is defined and examples illustrate its use. A formal model for the interpretation of questions is presented in this work which will form the basis for much further research.
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1. Introduction; 2. Montague semantics; 3. The HRDM model; 4. Intensional logic and historical databases; 5. Overview of English query language QE-III; 6. Formal definition of QE-III; 7. Examples from the QE-III fragment; 8. Summary and conclusions.
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Connects the semantics of databases to that of natural language, and links them through a common view of the semantics of time.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780521602747
Publisert
2004-03-25
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
386 gr
Høyde
247 mm
Bredde
189 mm
Dybde
13 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
212
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