Associating mentioned items between documents
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsYusuke Hara, Masatoshi Nogo, Eiichi Tazoe
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Abstract
A document processor for associating mentioned items with each other in two documents. A conversion unit converts at least a portion of mentioned items expressed in table format among the mentioned items included in the two documents. An association processing unit associates mentioned items with each other in the two documents including at least some mentioned items converted to text format. The conversion unit converts each of a plurality of cells included in the mentioned items expressed in table format to separate mentioned items in text format.
Claims20
A system for associating mentioned items with each other in two documents, the system comprising:
- a conversion unit for converting at least a portion of mentioned items expressed in table format among the mentioned items included in the two documents;
- an association processing unit for associating mentioned items with each other in the two documents including at least some mentioned items converted to text format;
- and
- wherein the conversion unit converts each of a plurality of cells included in the mentioned items expressed in table format to separate mentioned items in text format.
The system according to claim 9 further comprising a dictionary acquiring unit for acquiring dictionary data defined by a degree of similarity between keywords,
- the association processing unit determining whether or not mentioned items are to be associated with each other on the basis of the degree of similarity between the two documents as defined by dictionary data for the keywords included in the mentioned items.
A method for associating mentioned items with each other in two documents, comprising:
- converting at least a portion of mentioned items expressed in table format among the mentioned items included in the two documents;
- associating mentioned items with each other in the two documents including at least some mentioned items converted to text format, and
- converting each of a plurality of cells included in the mentioned items expressed in table format to separate mentioned items in text format.
A computer program product for associating mentioned items with each other in two documents, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:
- convert at least a portion of mentioned items expressed in table format among the mentioned items included in the two documents;
- associate mentioned items with each other in the two documents including at least some mentioned items converted to text format, and
- convert each of a plurality of cells included in the mentioned items expressed in table format to separate mentioned items in text format.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.