Design for an Integrated Gazetteer Database: Technical Description and User Guide for A Gazetteer to Support Natural Language Processing Applications

Abstract

The Integrated Gazetteer Database (IGDB) is a compilation of open-source placename information in the form of an SQL database. It was designed as a full-globe meta-gazetteer supporting information system applications such as question-answering. This technical report documents the IGDB requirements and design. The schema and its intended usage are described in detail.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2005
Accession Number
AD1106834

Entities

People

  • John Burger
  • Scott Mardis

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Containers
  • Database Management Systems
  • Databases
  • Dictionaries
  • English Language
  • Information Systems
  • Language
  • Maintenance
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Natural Languages
  • New York
  • North America
  • Relational Database Management Systems
  • Standards
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • International Journalism and Media Studies.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Information Retrieval