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Information Extraction - A User Guide

cmp-lg 2008-02-03 v2 Computation and Language

Abstract

This technical memo describes Information Extraction from the point-of-view of a potential user of the technology. No knowledge of language processing is assumed. Information Extraction is a process which takes unseen texts as input and produces fixed-format, unambiguous data as output. This data may be used directly for display to users, or may be stored in a database or spreadsheet for later analysis, or may be used for indexing purposes in Information Retrieval applications. See also http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/~hamish

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@article{arxiv.cmp-lg/9702006,
  title  = {Information Extraction - A User Guide},
  author = {Hamish Cunningham},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cmp-lg/9702006},
  year   = {2008}
}

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LaTeX2e with PostScript figures, 17 pages (figures replaced with smaller versions)