[UIMA-2947] Improve format of multi-word entries in dictionary files

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Component/s: Sandbox-DictionaryAnnotator
• Labels: XML, dictionary

Environment

Linux

• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Armin Wegner
• Created: 29/May/13 13:07
• Updated: 31/May/13 07:49

Description

Using a single character to separate tokens in a Dictionary Annotator's dictionary file is not XML like. It looks like a remnant from old comma-separated-value days. So remove multiWordSeparator from dictionaryMetaData and let an entry look like <entry><key><token>AOL</token><token>Mail</token></key></entry> or <entry><key><token>azbuz</token><token>.</token><token>com</token></key></entry>. By the way, what is <key> good for? Do we need it?