Document Annotation Task

A Document Annotation Task is a data-item annotation task that adds document annotations to documents to create annotated documents.

• AKA: Document Markup Task, Document Tagging Task, Document Labeling Task.
• Context:
  • Task Input: Documents.
    • Optional: Document Annotation Guidelines, Document Annotation Schemas, Document Annotation Templates.
  • Task Output: Annotated Documents.
  • Task Performance Measure: Document Annotation Accuracy, Document Annotation Coverage, Document Annotation Consistency, Document Annotation Speed.
  • It can typically add Document Structure Annotations to identify document sections.
  • It can typically create Document Metadata Layers for document navigation.
  • It can typically insert Document Semantic Markup for document understanding.
  • It can typically embed Document Reference Links for document connectivity.
  • It can typically apply Document Classification Labels for document categorization.
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  • It can often include Document Entity Recognition for named entity identification.
  • It can often support Document Information Extraction through structured annotations.
  • It can often enable Document Searchability Enhancement through indexed annotations.
  • It can often facilitate Document Accessibility Improvement through semantic tagging.
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  • It can range from being a Simple Document Annotation Task to being a Complex Document Annotation Task, depending on its document annotation complexity.
  • It can range from being a Manual Document Annotation Task to being an Automated Document Annotation Task, depending on its document annotation automation level.
  • It can range from being a Single-Layer Document Annotation Task to being a Multi-Layer Document Annotation Task, depending on its document annotation layer count.
  • It can range from being a Structural Document Annotation Task to being a Semantic Document Annotation Task, depending on its document annotation focus.
  • It can range from being a Domain-Specific Document Annotation Task to being a General-Purpose Document Annotation Task, depending on its document annotation domain scope.
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  • It can be performed by a Document Annotator using document annotation tools.
  • It can be supported by a Document Annotation System implementing document annotation algorithms.
  • It can be part of a Document Processing Pipeline within document management workflows.
  • It can integrate with Document Management Systems for document lifecycle support.
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• Example(s):
  • Document Format-Based Annotation Tasks, such as:
    • Plain Text Document Annotation Tasks, such as:
      • Research Paper Annotation Task for academic citation marking.
      • News Article Annotation Task for journalistic element tagging.
    • Structured Document Annotation Tasks, such as:
      • PDF Document Annotation Task for portable document markup.
      • XML Document Annotation Task for structured content enhancement.
      • HTML Document Annotation Task for web document enrichment.
    • Rich Document Annotation Tasks, such as:
      • Microsoft Word Document Annotation Task for collaborative document review.
      • Google Docs Annotation Task for cloud-based document markup.
  • Domain-Specific Document Annotation Tasks, such as:
    • Legal Document Annotation Tasks, such as:
      • Contract Annotation Task for clause identification.
      • Patent Document Annotation Task for claim analysis.
    • Medical Document Annotation Tasks, such as:
      • Clinical Note Annotation Task for medical entity extraction.
      • Medical Research Paper Annotation Task for evidence marking.
    • Technical Document Annotation Tasks, such as:
      • Software Documentation Annotation Task for API reference marking.
      • Engineering Specification Annotation Task for requirement identification.
  • Purpose-Based Document Annotation Tasks, such as:
    • Document Review Annotation Task for editorial feedback.
    • Document Translation Annotation Task for multilingual alignment.
    • Document Compliance Annotation Task for regulatory requirement marking.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Image Annotation Task, which annotates visual content rather than textual documents.
  • Audio Annotation Task, which annotates sound recordings rather than written documents.
  • Database Record Annotation Task, which annotates structured data entries rather than documents.
  • Source Code Annotation Task, which adds programming comments rather than document markup.
  • Physical Document Stamping, which marks paper documents rather than digital files.
• See: Data-Item Annotation Task, Text Annotation Task, Natural Language Processing Task, Document Processing Task, Information Extraction Task, Document Management System, Semantic Web Annotation.

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References

2020a

• (W3, 2020) ⇒ https://www.w3.org/Amaya/User/doc/Annotations.html Retrieved:2020-04-12.
  • QUOTE: Annotations are comments, notes, explanations, or other types of external remarks that can be attached to a Web document or to a selected part of a document. As they are external, it is possible to annotate any Web document independently, without needing to edit the document itself. From a technical point of view, annotations are usually seen as metadata, as they give additional information about an existing piece of data. Amaya uses a special RDF annotation schema for describing annotations.

2020b

• (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annotation Retrieved:2020-4-12.
  • An annotation is extra information associated with a particular point in a document or other piece of information. It can be a note that includes a comment or explanation. Annotations are sometimes presented in the margin of book pages. For annotations of different digital media, see web annotation and text annotation.

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