TAPoR Text Analysis

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	URL:
	Example: http://taporware.mcmaster.ca/sampleDocs/plainText.txt

Local text file:

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Summary

Determines the text source. Text can be obtained from a URL or by uploading a file.

Fields

Source URL
Text from the entered URL will be used as the data source for the analysis.

Local file
Use this field to upload a local file for analysis.

Treat XML/HTML as plain text
Enabling this option will strip tags from an HTML or XML document. <p> and <br /> in HTML documents and all tags in XML documents are converted to new lines (i.e. \n).

Distribute over paragraphs
Distribute over % block of text
Distribute over chunks of words
Show relative distribution

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Summary

Defines which elements or attributes will be used to create the distribution graph.

Fields

Distribute over n% block of text
Defines the relative granularity of the distribution graph, i.e., when n=1 the tool will distribute over chunks of text equal to 1% of the total document size.

Distribute over chunks
Defines the number of words per chunk used by the tool.

Show relative distribution

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Word/Pattern:

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Summary

Words (string) or pattern used by the tool as key

Fields

Words/Pattern (or Pattern)
Enter a word or a string or phrase or a pattern to be searched for within the text. Separate multiple words with commas. Quotations are not needed in searching for phrases.

Display as:

Open results in new window

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Summary

Allows the user to choose how the results will be formatted and whether they should be displayed in a new browser window.

Fields

Display as
Determines the format in which results will be delivered

Open results in new window
Checking this box will display the results in a new window. This option is selected by default. In some cases pop-up blockers may disallow windows from being created, in which case this option may be de-selected.