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An E-Librarian Service allows users to enter complete questions in natural language (NL) in order to improve the retrieval capabilities (see section 1.3.3). The aim of the natural language processing (NLP) module of an E-Librarian Service is to translate a user question into a logical and computer-readable form. The more precise and accurate this translation is, the more complex the algorithm gets. In this chapter we present the necessary principles to design the NLP module of an E-Librarian Service that is able to “understand” the meaning of a user question and to translate it into a logical form.
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Linckels, S., Meinel, C. (2011). Design of the Natural Language Processing Module. In: E-Librarian Service. X.media.publishing. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17743-9_7
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