QUESTION ANSWERING SYSTEM, DATA BASE, AND QUESTION ANSWERING METHOD

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a question answering system, a database and a question answering method for properly and efficiently providing an answer even to a complicate question to which it is difficult to properly provide an answer unless information being the background of a questioner is taken into account. PSOLUTION: This system for providing an answer to a question from a questioner is provided with an answerer side operating terminal 30 to be operated by an answerer and a database 20 for storing information necessary for an answer. The database 20 is provided with a general answer storing part 20B for storing general question/answer information 22 whose one unit is configured of general question contents and the answer and a questioner categorized information storing part 20A for storing questioner categorized information 21associated with each questioner. The answer side operating terminal 30 is configured so that the information stored in the data base 20 can be acquired. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI