NAME – A Rich XML Format for Named Entity and Relation Tagging

Abstract

We present NAME XML, a schema for named entities and relations in documents. The standout features are: option to reference a variety of document formats (such as PAGE XML or plain text), support of entity hierarchies, custom entity types via ontologies, more expressivity due to disambiguation of base entities and entity attributes (e.g. “person” and “person name”), and relations between entities that can be directed or undirected. We describe the format in detail, show examples, and discuss real-world use cases.