org.dkpro.statistics.agreement.unitizing

Interface IUnitizingAnnotationStudy

All Superinterfaces:

IAnnotationStudy

All Known Implementing Classes:

UnitizingAnnotationStudy

public interface IUnitizingAnnotationStudy
extends IAnnotationStudy

Data model for unitizing studies. Unitizing studies are characterized by a continuum in which a number of (human) raters are asked to identify the boundaries of annotation units and optionally code the units with a certain category. The continuum is represented on a sampled, discretized integer scale starting with 0 (unless otherwise specified). Note that this interface allows reusing existing data representations by implementing the required methods. Use UnitizingAnnotationStudy as a default implementation if no existing data representation exists. The default implementation facilitates adding the individual units.

Author:

Christian M. Meyer

See Also:

UnitizingAnnotationStudy, IUnitizingAnnotationUnit

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	getContinuumBegin() Returns the begin of the continuum (i.e., the first offset that is considered valid for annotation units).
long	getContinuumLength() Returns the length of the continuum (i.e., the last possible right delimiter of an annotation unit).
Iterable<IUnitizingAnnotationUnit>	getUnits() Allows iterating all annotation units of this study.

Methods inherited from interface org.dkpro.statistics.agreement.IAnnotationStudy

getCategories, getCategoryCount, getRaterCount, getUnitCount, isDichotomous

Method Detail

getUnits

Iterable<IUnitizingAnnotationUnit> getUnits()

Allows iterating all annotation units of this study.

getContinuumBegin

long getContinuumBegin()

Returns the begin of the continuum (i.e., the first offset that is considered valid for annotation units).

getContinuumLength

long getContinuumLength()

Returns the length of the continuum (i.e., the last possible right delimiter of an annotation unit).