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Technical Definition

Provides technical information on the OCR software used, including Description ID, Agency, Date and Time, Step Description, Step Settings, Creator, Name, Version, Relevance and Confidence Level.

Category Notes

This field is very common, appearing in all except B1GP and B2GP, which only provide information about alternate newspaper titles. Only DEAL and TRAL have a processing agency and date.

Individual Collection Notes

B1GI: @primary specifies the OCR language is the primary language (see language).

B2GL: Relevance is a string choice “yes” or “no”.

B2GI: Relevance is a numerical score. @primary specifies the OCR language is the primary language (see language).

CAAL: sourceImageInformation contains information to identify the image file from which the OCR text was created. processingStepSettings: A description of any setting of the processing application. For example, for a multi-engine OCR application this might include the engines which were used. Ideally, this description should be adequate so that someone else using the same application can produce identical results. Confidence is given as a numerical value for page and word, with a value between 0 (unsure) and 1 (sure). processingStepDescription provides an ordinal listing of the image processing steps performed, for example “image despeckling“.

DEAL: Page confidence, with a value between 0 (unsure) and 1 (sure); string confidence, as a list of numbers, one number between 0 (sure) and 9 (unsure) for each character; word confidence, with a value between 0 (unsure) and 1 (sure).

DEMP: Confidence level of the correctness of the character recognition on this page, 0 is no confidence at all, 1 is highest confidence. (This page confidence level is an aggregate of the confidence levels for each word and character, as listed in the alto files.)

EUAL: Page confidence, with a value between 0 (unsure) and 1 (sure); string confidence, as a list of numbers, one number between 0 (sure) and 9 (unsure) for each character; word confidence, with a value between 0 (unsure) and 1 (sure).

F1AL: String confidence as a list of numbers, with one number between 0 (sure) and 9 (unsure) for each character; word confidence, with a value between 0 (unsure) and 1 (sure).

F2AL: Page confidence, with a value between 0 (unsure) and 1 (sure); string confidence, with a value 0-9 for each character; word confidence, with a value 0-1; character confidence, with a value between 0 (unsure) and 1 (sure).

PPAL: Estimated percentage of OCR Accuracy in range from 0 to 100; character confidence level 0-9 for each character in string; word confidence for whole string.

SBAT: Word confidence, with a value between 0 (unsure) and 1 (sure).

TRAL: Page confidence, with a value between 0 (unsure) and 1 (sure); string confidence with a value 0-9 for each character; word confidence for whole string.

TRAP: Relevance is a string choice, with the options “very relevant”, “likely to be relevant”, “may have relevance” or “vaguely relevant”, and a numerical representation.

Instantiations

Relevance

B2GL issue\article\ocr\relevant STR yes
B2GI issue\page\article\ocr NUM 41.29
TRAP article\relevance MCH very relevant
TRAP article\relevance@relevance@score NUM 0.009942865

Confidence Level

CAAL alto\Layout\Page@PC NUM 1
CAAL alto\Layout\Page\PrintSpace\TextBlock\TextLine\String@WC NUM 1
DEMP didl:DIDL\didl:Item\didl:Item\didl:Component\didl:Resource\srw_dc:dcx\ddd:OCRConfidencelevel NUM 0.885
DEAL alto\Layout\Page@PC NUM 0.885
DEAL alto\Layout\Page\PrintSpace\TextBlock\TextLine\String@CC NUM 80150190
DEAL alto\Layout\Page\PrintSpace\TextBlock\TextLine\String@WC NUM 0.99
DEMP didl:DIDL\didl:Item\didl:Item\didl:Component\didl:Resource\srw_dc:dcx\ddd:OCRConfidencelevel NUM 0.885
EUAL alto\Layout\Page@PC NUM 0.853
EUAL alto\Layout\Page\PrintSpace\TextBlock\TextLine\String@CC NUM 77800000000000
EUAL alto\Layout\Page\PrintSpace\TextBlock\TextLine\String@WC NUM 0.98
F1AL alto\Layout\Page\PrintSpace\TextBlock\TextLine\String@CC NUM 2030626684413
F1AL alto\Layout\Page\PrintSpace\TextBlock\TextLine\String@WC NUM 0.65
F2AL pageOCRDATA\content\altoXML\alto\Layout\Page@PC NUM 0.825
F2AL pageOCRDATA\content\altoXML\alto\Layout\Page\TopMargin\TextBlock\TextLine\String@CC NUM 0
F2AL pageOCRDATA\content\altoXML\alto\Layout\Page\TopMargin\TextBlock\TextLine\String@WC NUM 0.49
F2AL pageOCRDATA\content\altoXML\alto\Layout\Page\BottomMargin\PrintSpace\TextBlock\TextLine\String@CC NUM 4444
F2AL pageOCRDATA\content\altoXML\alto\Layout\Page\BottomMargin\PrintSpace\TextBlock\TextLine\String@WC NUM 0.53
PPAL alto\Layout\Page@ACCURACY NUM 93.58
PPAL alto\Layout\Page\PrintSpace\TextBlock\TextLine\String@CC NUM 0
PPAL alto\Layout\Page\PrintSpace\TextBlock\TextLine\String@WC NUM 1
SBAT PcGts\Page\TextRegion\Textline\Word\TextEquiv@conf NUM 0.68334
TDAG issue\metadatainfo\ocr NUM 32.73  
TDAG issue\page\article\ocr NUM 13.28
TRAL alto\Layout\Page@PC NUM 0
TRAL alto\Layout\Page\PrintSpace\ComposedBlock\ComposedBlock\TextBlock\TextLine\String@CC NUM 3
TRAL alto\Layout\Page\PrintSpace\ComposedBlock\ComposedBlock\TextBlock\TextLine\String@WC NUM 0.7

Primary Language

B1GI issue\metadataInfo\language@primary BOO Y
B2GI issue\metadataInfo\language@primary BOO Y
TDAG issue\metadatainfo\language@primary BOO Y

Unique Identifiers

CAAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing@ID UID OCR.0
CAAL alto\Layout\Page@PROCESSING UID OCR.0
DEAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing@ID UID OCRPROCESSING_1
EUAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing@ID UID  
F1AL alto\Description\OCRProcessing@ID UID OCRPROCESSING_1
F2AL pageOCRDATA\content\altoXML\alto\Description\OCRProcessing@ID UID OCRPROCESSING_1
PPAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing@ID UID OCRPROCESSING_1
TRAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing@ID UID OCR1
TRAL alto\Layout\Page@PROCESSING UID OCR1

Processing Step Settings

CAAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\ocrProcessingStep\processingStepSettings STR <Conf:1> abbyy9.option.analyze manual-zones:false Lang:en_US Inverted:false […]
DEAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\preProcessingStep\processingStepSettings STR CCS OCR Processing

Software Creator

CAAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\ocrProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareCreator STR iArchives
DEAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\ocrProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareCreator STR CCS Content Conversion Specialists GmbH, German
DEAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\ocrProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareCreator STR ABBYY (BIT Software), Russia
EUAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\preProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareCreator STR CCS Content Conversion Specialists GmbH, Germany
EUAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\OCRProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareCreator STR ABBYY (BIT Software), Russia
F1AL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\preProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareCreator STR CCS Content Conversion Specialists GmbH, Germany
F1AL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\ocrProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareCreator STR ABBYY (BIT Software), Russia
F2AL pageOCRDATA\content\altoXML\alto\Description\OCRProcessing\preProcesssingStep\processingSoftware\softwareCreator STR CCS Content Conversion Specialists GmbH, Germany
PPAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\preProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareCreator STR CCS Content Conversion Specialists GmbH, Germany
PPAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\ocrProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareCreator STR ABBYY (BIT Software), Russia
TRAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\ocrProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareCreator STR ABBYY
TRAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\postProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareCreator STR iSolve Technologies Pvt Ltd

Software Name

CAAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\ocrProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareName STR iArchives OCR Framework
DEAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\ocrProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareName STR CCS docWORKS
DEAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\ocrProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareName STR FineReader
EUAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\preProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareName STR CCS docWorks
EUAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\OCRProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareName STR FineReader
F1AL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\preProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareName STR CCS docWORKS
F1AL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\ocrProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareName STR Finereader
F2AL pageOCRDATA\content\altoXML\alto\Description\OCRProcessing\preProcesssingStep\processingSoftware\softwareName STR CCS docWORKS
F2AL pageOCRDATA\content\altoXML\alto\Description\OCRProcessing\ocrProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareName STR FineReader
PPAL pageOCRDATA\content\altoXML\alto\Description\OCRProcessing\preProcesssingStep\processingSoftware\softwareName STR CCS docWORKS
PPAL pageOCRDATA\content\altoXML\alto\Description\OCRProcessing\ocrProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareName STR FineReader
TRAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\ocrProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareName STR FineReader
TRAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\postProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareName STR iClip

Software Version

CAAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\ocrProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareVersion STR Multiple
DEAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\ocrProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareVersion STR 6.3-0.91
DEAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\ocrProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareVersion STR 8.1
EUAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\preProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareVersion STR 6.7-1.35
EUAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\OCRProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareVersion STR 10
F1AL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\preProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareVersion STR 6.0-8.19
F2AL pageOCRDATA\content\altoXML\alto\Description\OCRProcessing\preProcesssingStep\processingSoftware\softwareVersion STR 6.4-0.29
F2AL pageOCRDATA\content\altoXML\alto\Description\OCRProcessing\ocrProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareVersion STR 7.1
PPAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\preProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareVersion STR 6.2-1.5
TRAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\ocrProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareVersion STR 12
TRAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\postProcessingStep\processingSoftware\softwareVersion STR 5

Application Description

DEAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\preProcessingStep\applicationDescription STR  

Processing Agency

DEAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\preProcessingStep\processingAgency STR CCS Content Conversion Specialists GmbH, www.content-conversion.com
TRAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\ocrProcessingStep\processingAgency STR iSolve Technologies Pvt Ltd
TRAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\postProcessingStep\processingAgency STR iSolve Technologies Pvt Ltd

Processing Date

DEAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\preProcessingStep\processingDateTime DAT 13/10/2009
TRAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\ocrProcessingStep\processingDateTime DAT 2017-09-13T05:47:57
TRAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\postProcessingStep\processingDateTime DAT 2017-09-13T05:47:58

Processing Step Description

DEAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\preProcessingStep\processingStepDescription STR align
TRAL alto\Description\OCRProcessing\postProcessingStep\processingStepDescription STR iSolve -\> ALTO