This was replied to on uima-user where it was cross-posted - see http://markmail.org/message/wmvmh5mrp5w262vn . -Marshall
Dan McCreary wrote: > Perhaps we can write a short definition for what the ConceptMapper does. > > The following definition from the main UIMA sandbox web page: > > *ConceptMapper is a powerful, highly configurable dictionary UIMA-based > annotator. * > > is not very descriptive of its function. How about this one... > > *The ConcpetMapper a highly configurable, high performance dictionary lookup > tool that adds synonyms and related terms to a token using one of several > matching algorithms. It can be used to create an enhanced search experience > for the users. > * > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:30 AM, Michael Tanenblatt < > [email protected]> wrote: > > >> It is not clear how many people are using ConceptMapper at this point, >> since it hasn't been officially released yet, but in working with some >> projects that are currently using it, we have found some inefficiencies that >> we'd like to correct. Unfortunately, some of the proposed modifications will >> cause changes to the public interfaces (method parameters, returned >> objects). If we are going to fix these problems, we can either just go >> forward and do it, breaking any code that might depend on the current public >> interfaces, or we could preserve ConceptMapper and create a separate new >> system, a ConceptMapper2 with the changes. If ConceptMapper is currently >> only used as a UIMA annotator and changes to the public interfaces will not >> cause anyone problems, I'd personally prefer to just make the changes to >> ConceptMapper and not have a new, second version, particularly as it hasn't >> even been *released* yet. On the other hand, I wouldn't want to go breaking >> anyone's currently working systems. >> >> So, are there any comments from anyone currently using ConceptMapper? >> >> Thanks...m >> >> > > > >
