Structured Searching of Dynamic Structured Document Corpuses

摘要

A system includes a document corpus containing structured documents, which contain both text and annotations of the text. The system also includes a search engine which is adapted to perform structured searches of the structured documents. As new types of annotations are added to the system, the search engine is updated automatically to become capable of performing structured searches for the new types of annotations. For example, if a new natural language processing (NLP) component, adapted to generate annotations of a new type, is added to the system, then the system automatically updates a query language to include a definition of the new type of annotation. The search engine may then immediately be capable of processing structured queries which refer to the new type of annotation.

主权项

1. A method performed by at least one computer processor executing computer program instructions tangibly stored on at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the method is for use with a system, wherein the system comprises:
a first natural language processing component adapted to parse text within a document corpus to generate annotations of a first type within the document corpus; and a search component adapted to perform structured searching of annotations of the first type but not of annotations of a second type; the method comprising:
(A) detecting addition to the system of a second natural language processing component adapted to parse text to generate annotations of the second type;(B) modifying the search component, in response to the detection, to enable the search component to perform structured searching of annotations of the second type, thereby producing a modified search component;(C) receiving a query, the query including a term referring to the second type of annotation; and(D) using the modified search component to perform a search on the document corpus using the query.