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Extracting and Indexing Data: After a search, the user imports the data into VantagePoint—a one-time event for each dataset. Fields are mined from the text using pattern matching, rule-based, and natural language processing techniques to obtain:
- Fields found in most bibliographic databases (for example, authors, inventors, affiliations, assignees, dates, descriptors, index terms, and classification codes),
- Normalized values that are sometimes buried in the basic fielded data or presented in mixed formats, such as dates, classification codes, or patent numbers,
- Meaningful words and phrases from the titles, abstracts, patent claims, and other free text, and
- Entities defined in user-managed dictionaries.
For this import process, VantagePoint uses Import Filters, which can be specifically tailored for each database, database provider, and your particular requirements. Our Import Engine is a powerful tool for leveraging the value that is hidden in your data.
There are three ways to handle your Import Filters:
- Our on-line library contains more than 180 Import Filters covering a large proportion of the patent, business, science, and technology databases; and it is freely available to our customers.
- Our support team can create and customize Import Filters to your requirements.
- VantagePoint comes with all of the tools you need to do-it-yourself.