Re: [uima] UIMA TC Final Comments

[David Ferrucci <ferrucci@us.ibm.com>]

In general I think I agree with Carl.

With some reorganization we can focus
the "Formal Specification" in a single section and refer to motivation
and examples elsewhere in the document.

I'll also suggest that an overarching
example that motivates the main elements of the spec but that does not
require a detailed understanding, also be called out. 

Both these suggestions are intended
to make the document more digestible. The first,  for someone who
is technical and wants to quickly grok the scope and nature of the formal
specification. The second for a more casual reader who wants to understand
why they are even voting for this standard to exist.

-Dave

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"carl mattocks" <carlmattocks@gmail.com>

05/05/2008 06:27 PM

To	David Ferrucci/Watson/IBM@IBMUS
cc	uima@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject	Re: [uima] UIMA TC Final Comments

David, Adam, et al:
 
The draft document is large in both quality and quantity
 that provides a wonderfully informative read . However, I think it
would benefit from some restructuring (into another appendix ??) that would
help the reader quickly identify the Formal Specification [list
of precise requirements that UIMA implementations must satisfy in order
to comply with this standard].
 
The areas that would provide the highest ROI have the
same characteristics (i) a very lengthy Element introduction (ii) a relatively
small Formal Specification.
 
E: CAS 201-449 + FS 451-464
 
E: TYPE SYSTEM 465-589 + FS 590-600
 
E: ANNOTATION & SOFA 630-849   +  FS 850-855
 
There is also an opportunity to expand on PRIMITIVE TYPES
 which do not seem to be obviously referenced in any of the later
(element) examples.
 
cheers
 
carl

 
On 4/25/08, David Ferrucci <ferrucci@us.ibm.com>
wrote: 

Hi all, 

Attached below is a complete draft of the UIMA Specification -- a proposed
standard for interoperable text and multi-modal analytics.

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David A. Ferrucci, PhD



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