IRUS-II User Manual

Abstract

This user's manual for the Irus-II natural language system describes the capabilities of the different modes of the end user interface for Irus-II, including entering and editing queries, the history list, control of processing, viewing of the intermediate results, window management and the use of files of queries. There is a companion document to this one, A Guide to Irus-II application Development, BBN Report 7144, intended for use by developers, that describes the internal operation of Irus-II, including the dictionary, domain model, semantic interpretation rules, and back-end translation rules. Irus-II is part of a larger system called Janus, which is composed of a number of seamless interface utilities, including understanding (provided by Irus-II), generation (provided by Spokesman), maps, and other graphics tools.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA214612

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  • Dawn Maclaughlin
  • Edward Walker
  • Kimberle Koile

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