1681	 Easy English a Language for Information Retrieval Through a Remote Typewriter Console	 Easy English is a natural command language designed to simplify communication between man and machine through remote typewriter console. It has been developed for retrieval of documents from a computerized data base the Moore School Information Systems Laboratory files. Requests are formulated in a standardized syntactical form examples of which are presented and this form is then transformed into an equivalent query expressed in the retrieval system s original Symbolic Command Language which is briefly described. Operation of easy English is detailed by illustration of the transformations performed upon a sample request up to the point at which the request string is sent to the system. A macro flowchart of Easy English is included and an Appendix provides the printout of a retrieval demonstration. natural language communication on-line searching remote console communication information retrieval man-machine communication remote terminal communication translator document retrieval conversational mode information retrieval language symbolic command language
