Text Generation
The first document assesses the state of the art, identifying four kinds of technical developments which will shape the art in the coming decade: linguistically justified grammars, knowledge represen ta t ion methods, models of the reader, and models of discourse.
Abstract
This repor t consists of two documents describing the state of the art of computer generat ion of natural language text. Both were prepared by a panel of individuals who are active in research on text generation. The first document assesses the state of the art, identifying four kinds of technical developments which will shape the art in the coming decade: linguistically justified grammars , knowledge represen ta t ion methods , models of the reader, and models of discourse. The second document is a comprehensive bibl iography on text generation, the first of its kind. In addition to citations of documents , it includes descriptions of ongoing research efforts.