On 16/10/12 01:21, Shahim Essaid wrote: > Hi All, > > Does the UIMA API provide a way to add features to the base type > system? I see that the default TS is created and locked in CASImpl so > I am assuming that there is no API way for doing this. Can I add > additional features in the CASImpl code (and modify the Java cover > classes in jcas) and recompile? Will this work? Does the rest of the > API make any assumptions about the Top type and what features it can > have? > > The reason I am asking is that I want to add few String features to > capture some metadata about each annotation instance in a generic way > even if the instances are created by an independent Annotator or PEAR. > > Thanks, > Shahim >
Off the top of my hat, I don't recall anything that would prevent that. --Thilo
