Communicating With Online Catalogs and Other Retrieval Systems: The Need for a Standard Command Language

Abstract

Some research has indicated that interacting with a computer through a natural language is not easier, more effective, or even preferred by new users of a system, when compared with menu and command interfaces. However, command‐driven searches would be facilitated, as users move from system to system, if there existed a common command language. Proposed standards for a “Common Command Language for Online, Interactive Information Retrieval” have been developed by NISO Committee G, and are now being reviewed for adoption.

Citation

Hildreth, C.R. (1986), "Communicating With Online Catalogs and Other Retrieval Systems: The Need for a Standard Command Language", Library Hi Tech, Vol. 4 No. 1, pp. 7-11. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb047628