The three services currently available are
- PdfToText service: Uses an http post form to upload a pdf, it returns the plain text extracted from that pdf. It makes use of base64 to decode and encode both the binary pdf file and returned string. Because the string will commonly carry characters that are xml invalid.
- TextClassification service: You give it some text and it tells you which of the four standard article sections it is most likely to come from. You can also just type in whatever text you want. There are some amusing examples below.
- TextRetrieval service: This service will give you a random section of text from our Open Access full text database, based on articles from PMC and BMC. This can then be pasted in to the classifier box, and you can test it out.
"This paper is not only destined to become seminal but is also highly original"Classified as a section of type: INTRODUCTION
"We used complicated pieces of software and overly detailed protocols."Classified as a section of type: METHODS
"As one variable went up the other one came down."Classified as a section of type: RESULTS
"Our findings are wide-ranging and at least 10 times better the anyone elses."Classified as a section of type: DISCUSSION
This is real output from the classifier.
When and if i'm able to get the website publically accessible. I'm definitely going to provide these as examples.
