Classifying digital documents in multi-document transactions based on embedded dates

A computer system comprising one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable storage devices, and program instructions, stored on at least one of the one or more storage devices for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, the stored program instructions comprising:

• program instructions to receive a document;
• program instructions to analyze the document to identify one or more embedded dates in the content of the document and context of one or more positions of the one or more embedded dates in the document;
• program instructions to evaluate each of the one or more embedded dates based on the separate context of each of the one or more positions within the document and a relative age of the one or more embedded dates in view of a plurality of temporal characteristics of a plurality of categories of documents of a transaction to select a particular category associated with the document from among the plurality of categories;
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• program instructions to classify the document within the transaction as a particular logical type identified by the particular category from among a plurality of logical types for the transaction.

A computer program product comprises a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:

• receive, by the computer, a document;
• analyze, by the computer, the document to identify one or more embedded dates in the content of the document and context of one or more positions of the one or more embedded dates in the document;
• evaluate, by the computer, each of the one or more embedded dates based on the separate context of each of the one or more positions within the document and a relative age of the one or more embedded dates in view of a plurality of temporal characteristics of a plurality of categories of documents of a transaction to select a particular category associated with the document from among the plurality of categories;
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• classify, by the computer, the document within the transaction as a particular logical type identified by the particular category from among a plurality of logical types for the transaction.