The increasing complexity of Internet of Drones (IoD) platforms demands more accessible ways for users to interact with unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) data systems. Traditional methods requiring technical API knowledge create barriers for non-specialist users in dynamic operational environments. To address this challenge, we propose a retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) architecture that enables natural language querying over UAV telemetry, mission, and detection data. Our approach builds a semantic retrieval index from structured application programming interface (API) documentation and uses lightweight large language models to map user queries into executable API calls validated against platform schemas. This design minimizes fine-tuning needs, adapts to evolving APIs, and ensures schema conformity for operational safety. Evaluations conducted on a curated IoD dataset show 91.3% endpoint accuracy, 87.6% parameter match rate, and 95.2% schema conformity, confirming the system’s robustness and scalability. The results demonstrate that combining retrieval-augmented semantic grounding with structured validation bridges the gap between human intent and complex UAV data access, improving usability while maintaining a practical level of operational reliability.


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    Title :

    Natural Language Interfaces for Structured Query Generation in IoD Platforms


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    Publication date :

    2025




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    Article (Journal)


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    Electronic Resource


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