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map <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion for display <strong>in</strong>to the language preferred by the user. These language mapp<strong>in</strong>gs also conta<strong>in</strong><br />

MIME headers for automatically chang<strong>in</strong>g the browser’s display <strong>format</strong> <strong>in</strong>to the preferred language.<br />

--> Extensibility: The system is easily extensible: When a new language is added, only the set of HTML files as<br />

well as a resource file for the CGI has to be translated -- no changes have to be made to the database<br />

schema; <strong>in</strong>stead, the meta database is simply updated with the new language mapp<strong>in</strong>gs. The computers used<br />

as servers do not even have to support the language <strong>in</strong> question -- the only requirement is that the user's<br />

browser and computer support the desired language.<br />

--> HTML limitations: HTML was orig<strong>in</strong>ally designed as a markup and l<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g language, but has been<br />

extended with various features which it sometimes lacks the expressional power to support satisfactorily.<br />

Our major problem was the FORM construct, which is not primarily used for l<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g or markup, but for data<br />

<strong>in</strong>put and query <strong>in</strong> a way more rem<strong>in</strong>iscent of database languages than of "page-layout" languages. The<br />

FORM construct only accepts text <strong>in</strong>put, has HTML has no typ<strong>in</strong>g constructs. We rolled our own very<br />

simple typ<strong>in</strong>g system by reserv<strong>in</strong>g field names for certa<strong>in</strong> data types, such as <strong>in</strong>tegers and sets. This is only<br />

mentioned here to po<strong>in</strong>t out a fundamental shortcom<strong>in</strong>g with HTML.<br />

--> Extent of implementation: At present, the system conta<strong>in</strong>s English, Japanese and Traditional Ch<strong>in</strong>ese.<br />

These languages are fully transparent to each other, apart from vocabularies relat<strong>in</strong>g to person and place<br />

names. We plan to extend the relational database with such vocabulary mapp<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>in</strong> the future.<br />

A strictly R&D only version of the system can be accessed at: http://db.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp/classifieds/classifieds.html,<br />

and a production version an be accessed at: http://wholecycle.eccosys.com/<br />

6. Conclusion<br />

With the pass<strong>in</strong>g of the Telecom Bill conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the Communications Decency Act (CDA) on February 8th, 1996<br />

<strong>in</strong> the USA, the openness of the Internet was put <strong>in</strong>to question. However, at the same time it is very difficult to<br />

control what k<strong>in</strong>d of material is actually transferred on the Internet. For this reason, we have designed a classified<br />

ads based system, implement<strong>in</strong>g a restricted pickup-language which can be used for trade of products or services<br />

or exchange of other types of <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion. Although free communication between buyers and sellers is not<br />

supported, we provide essential, multil<strong>in</strong>gual product <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion to make the buyer/seller aware of a certa<strong>in</strong><br />

bus<strong>in</strong>ess opportunity, and establish an <strong>in</strong>centive for the buyer/seller to make an effort (e.g. via e-mail) to conclude<br />

the deal.<br />

In the future, we would like to extend the system to <strong>in</strong>clude other categories of products and areas of<br />

<strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion, as well as provide a better theoretical base for the extraction of sufficient and necessary <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion<br />

from human languages.<br />

7. References<br />

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Asia-Pacific WWW Conference, 1995, Australia, AUUG'95 & APWWW'95: 263-272.<br />

[Bjorn and Hotaka 95]. Bjorn, M. & Hotaka, R. (1995). An HTTP Gateway for Interactive Relational Database<br />

Query with Deferred Reply. IEICE Transactions on In<strong>format</strong>ion and Systems, Vol. E78-D, No. 11: 1407-1411.<br />

[Bjorn and Kim 96]. Bjorn, M. & Kim, H. (1996). Learn English or Else - Commercial Interaction on the WWW<br />

<strong>in</strong> Asian Languages, In<strong>format</strong>ion Retrieval <strong>in</strong> Oriental Languages, 1996, Taejon, Korea, KORDIC: 57-63.<br />

[DeJong 79]. DeJong, G.F. (1979). Prediction and substantioation: A new approach to natural language process<strong>in</strong>g,<br />

Cognitive Science, No. 3: 251-273<br />

[DeJong 82]. DeJong, G.F. (1982). An overview of the FRUMP system, Strategies for Natural Language<br />

Process<strong>in</strong>g. Erlbaum, Hillsdale, N.J: 148-176<br />

[Investor's 96]. Investor's Bus<strong>in</strong>ess Daily, 14 Feb 1996, A9<br />

[K<strong>in</strong>g 96]. K<strong>in</strong>g, M. (1996). Evaluat<strong>in</strong>g Natural Language Process<strong>in</strong>g Systems, Communications of the ACM,<br />

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[Quittner 96]. Quittner, J. (1996). Free Speech for the Net, Time, June 24, 1996, Vol. 147, No. 26, 52-53<br />

[Wall Street 96] .Wall Street Journal, 5 Jan 1996, B2

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