October 11th, 2006 by satish
Grammar, Phrases and the bells and whistles of natural language…..
Oflate many times i come across this notion of “building rules by natural language” - phrases, grammar-like….
Its an interesting notion and perhaps feasible with 1 language. Maybe i am missing something here….I feel that it hits out against the very foundations of internationalization. I feel most software applications are just about grappling with the notion of a global market and internationalization. Then you bring in the mix of grammar.
For would the same grammar & syntax work in German, Mandarin? And if one takes the average life of a software application to be 5-7 years - what does one know of the enterprise’s M&A strategy, growth into new markets. Would it work there?
Most recently a leading enterprise (Fortune 1000) was looking at business rules for a performance management application. 8 months back they had operations in mostly English speaking countries. They then ventured into China(over the last 8 months) - the change was pretty dramatic. The implications were all there to see…
I am not saying that natural language is not the way to go - but should marketing hype create the mindset.
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October 11th, 2006 by satish
Grammar, Phrases and the bells and whistles of natural language…..
Oflate many times i come across this notion of “building rules by natural language” - phrases, grammar-like….
Its an interesting notion and perhaps feasible with 1 language. Maybe i am missing something here….I feel that it hits out against the very foundations of internationalization. I feel most software applications are just about grappling with the notion of a global market and internationalization. Then you bring in the mix of grammar.
For would the same grammar & syntax work in German, Mandarin? And if one takes the average life of a software application to be 5-7 years - what does one know of the enterprise’s M&A strategy, growth into new markets. Would it work there?
Most recently a leading enterprise (Fortune 1000) was looking at business rules for a performance management application. 8 months back they had operations in mostly English speaking countries. They then ventured into China(over the last 8 months) - the change was pretty dramatic. The implications were all there to see…
I am not saying that natural language is not the way to go - but should marketing hype create the mindset.
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