Access Innovations, Inc. has announced the inclusion of the MAI Batch Graphical User Interface (GUI) as part of the recent Data Harmony Version 3.9 software update release. MAI Batch GUI is a new interface for running a full directory of files through the M.A.I. Concept Extractor. This tool enables processing of large amounts of text through the Data Harmony M.A.I. Concept Extractor with a single command. Usually used in working with legacy or archival files, it allows complete semantic enrichment of entire back files in a short time. Once run, the taxonomy terms from a thesaurus or taxonomy become part of the record itself.
“For Data Harmony Version 3.9, we decided to add the interface to the MAIstro and M.A.I. modules to allow use directly from the desktop, giving more power to the user,” remarked Marjorie M. K. Hlava, President of Access Innovations, Inc. “It’s a fast, easy way to perform machine-aided indexing on batches of documents, without any need for command-line instructions.”
“M.A.I.’s batch-indexing capability has been in place for years via command line interface,” noted Bob Kasenchak, Production Manager at Access Innovations. “This new GUI makes it really easy to use. Customers only need to open ‘MAI Batch app’ in their Data Harmony Administrative Module, choose the files or directories to process, and submit the job.”
The purpose of MAI Batch is to provide immediate processing of data files on demand. MAI Batch can be deployed to achieve rapid subject indexing of legacy text collections.
MAI Batch GUI offers semantic enrichment by extracting concepts from input text in most file formats, including the following:
- Adobe PDFs
- MS Word DOC files
- HTM/HTML pages
- RTF documents
- XML files
For XML files, the ‘XML Tags’ option permits users to define specific XML elements for MAI Batch GUI to analyze during batch processing. This option opens the door for indexing source documents that are tagged according to different XML schemas. XML Tags also permits the exclusion during indexing of sections in the document structure, as designated by the user.
The interface’s Input and Output panes present a practical view of the batch during processing, enabling a degree of interactivity – M.A.I. is a very accessible automatic indexing system. It’s a ‘machine-aided’ software approach, even when applied to batches of documents. IT support is important but not needed to process and maintain the Data Harmony Suite of products.
When the documents already contain indexing terms, MAI Batch GUI will derive accuracy statistics for inclusion in the output, logging the statistics of indexing accuracy for the batch. M.A.I. calculates the indexing accuracy of its suggested terms from Concept Extractor compared to the previously-applied subject terms. This powerful method for enhancing the accuracy of subject indexing is based on reports generated by the M.A.I. Statistics Collector, giving a taxonomy administrator all the data needed to continually improve the results based on the system recommendations, selections, and additions.
About Access Innovations, Inc. – www.accessinn.com, www.dataharmony.com, www.taxodiary.com
Founded in 1978, Access Innovations has leveraged semantic enrichment of text for internet technology applications, master data management, database creation, thesaurus/taxonomy creation, and semantic integration. Access Innovations’ Data Harmony software includes machine aided indexing, thesaurus management, an XML Intranet System (XIS), and metadata extraction for content creation developed to meet production environment needs. Data Harmony is used by publishers, governments, and corporate clients throughout the world.
