Developer(s) | IBM, Apache Software Foundation (since October 2006) |
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Stable release | 2.3.0 / January 26, 2010 |
Written in | Java with C++ Enablement |
Operating system | Cross-platform |
Type | Text mining, Information Extraction |
License | Apache License 2.0 |
Website | http://incubator.apache.org/uima |
UIMA stands for Unstructured Information Management Architecture. It is a component software architecture for the development, discovery, composition, and deployment of multi-modal analytics for the analysis of unstructured information and its integration with search technologies developed by IBM. The source code for a reference implementation of this framework has been made available on SourceForge, and later on Apache Software Foundation website.
An example is a logistics analysis software system that could convert unstructured data such as repair logs and service notes into relational tables. These tables can then be used by automated tools to detect maintenance or manufacturing problems.
Other examples are systems that are used in medical environments to analyze clinical notes.
The UIMA architecture can be thought of in four dimensions:
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