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Based on experience with INTELLECT in the areas of quality assurance and customer support, a number of issues in evaluating a natural language database query system, particularly the INTELLECT system, will be discussed. A, I. Corporation offers licenses for customers t o use the INTELLECT software on their computers, to access their databases. We now have a number of customer installations, plus reports from companies that are marketing INTELLECT under agreements with us, so that we can begin to discuss user reactions as possible criteria for evaluating our system. . | J. Norwood Crout Artificial Intelligence Corporation The INTELLECT natural language database query system a product of Artificial Intelligence Corporation Is the only commercially available system with true English query capability. Based on experience with INTELLECT In the areas of quality assurance and customer support a number of Issues In evaluating a natural language database query system particularly the INTELLECT system will be discussed. A. I. Corporation offers licenses for customers to use the INTELLECT software on their computers to access their databases. We now have a number of customer Installations plus reports from companies that are marketing INTELLECT under agreements with US so that we can begin to discuss user reactions as possible criteria for evaluating our system. intellect s basic function is to translate typed English queries into retrieval commands for a database management system then present the retrieved data or answers based on It to the terminal user. It Is a general software tool which can be easily applied to a wide variety of databases and user environments. For each database a Lexicon or dictionary must be prepared. The Lexicon describes the words and phrases relevant to the data and how they relate to the data Items. The system maintains a log of all queries for analysis of Its performance. Artificial Intelligence Corporation was founded about five years ago for the specific purpose of developing and marketing an English language database query product. INTELLECT was the creation of Dr. Larry Harris who presently supervises its on-going development. The company has been successful In developing a marketable product and now looks forward to significant expansion of both Its customer base and Its product line. Versions of the product presently exist for Interfacing with ADABAS VSAM Muitics Relational Data store and A. I. Corporation s own Derived File Access Method. Additional Interfaces including one to Cullinane s Integrated .