Unstructured text conversion method in which the text is structured using structuring rules that operate on text fragments and sort them using terminology and subject dependent structuring rules

摘要

Method for rule based conversion of unstructured text into a structured format has the following steps: input of structuring rules; acquisition of unstructured text; parsing of the text to generate small text fragments; searching of the unstructured text for text fragments defined in the structuring rules; and structuring of the test fragments of the unstructured text according to the conditions defined in the structuring rules. An Independent claim is made for a device for rule based conversion of unstructured text into a structured format.