NFQL: The Natural Forms Query Language.

@article{DBLP:journals/tods/Embley89,
  author    = {David W. Embley},
  title     = {NFQL: The Natural Forms Query Language},
  journal   = {ACM Trans. Database Syst.},
  volume    = {14},
  number    = {2},
  year      = {1989},
  pages     = {168-211},
  ee        = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/63500.64125, db/journals/tods/Embley89.html},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}

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