edu.nyu.jet.zoner

Class SpecialZoner

java.lang.Object

edu.nyu.jet.zoner.SpecialZoner

public class SpecialZoner
extends Object

methods for identifying specific zones in a document (for ACE 2005 docs)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SpecialZoner()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static void	findDateline(Document doc, int textOffset, String text) finds datelines in newswire texts, and marks them with a dateline annotation.
static void	findSpecialZones(Document doc) marks datelines and textBreaks (blank lines and rules) within the TEXT annotation of Document 'doc'.
static void	findTextBreaks(Document doc, int textOffset, String text) finds text breaks marked by double blank lines or by lines consisting entirely of "-", "~", and "_" characters, and marks the line with a textBreak annotation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SpecialZoner

public SpecialZoner()

Method Detail

findSpecialZones

public static void findSpecialZones(Document doc)

marks datelines and textBreaks (blank lines and rules) within the TEXT annotation of Document 'doc'.

findDateline

public static void findDateline(Document doc,
                int textOffset,
                String text)

finds datelines in newswire texts, and marks them with a dateline annotation. This is source specific ... it looks for a known news agency tag in the first 80 characters.

findTextBreaks

public static void findTextBreaks(Document doc,
                  int textOffset,
                  String text)

finds text breaks marked by double blank lines or by lines consisting entirely of "-", "~", and "_" characters, and marks the line with a textBreak annotation.