Modification of Synonyms
Click the Edit synonym file button on the Filters tab of the Text Mining dialog box to display the Synonyms dialog box. Use these options to modify the list of terms or words that are to be treated as synonyms in the analyses.
Note: General format for synonyms in the synonym file. In general, the file containing the user-defined synonyms should have the following format:
WordA : SynonymA1, SynonymA2, SynonymA3, ...
WordB : SynonymB1, SynonymB2, ...
The word or term to the left of the colon is the one that will be shown in the Text Mining Results dialog box; however, during indexing, all terms or words to the right of the colon will be counted as instances of the word or term to the left, i.e., as synonyms of that word.
| Button | Description |
|---|---|
| Open | Click this button to display a standard Open file dialog box where you can select the file with the synonyms. The file is expected to be a simple text file formatted following the simple conventions shown above (General format for synonyms in the synonym file). |
| Save as | Click this button to save the currently specified or edited list of synonyms to a new file. After clicking this button, the standard Save file dialog box is displayed |
| OK | Click the OK button to accept the current list of synonyms as specified in this dialog box, close the dialog box, and return the Text Mining dialog box - Filters |
| Remove all | Click this button to remove all synonyms from the list. |
| Remove | Click this button to remove the selected (highlighted) synonym specification from the list of synonyms. |
| Cancel | Click this button to close this dialog box without accepting the currently specified or edited list of synonyms. |
| Root/Words | (list of synonyms) As described above (General format for synonyms in the synonym file), each synonym specification consists of a word or term and a list of synonyms separated by commas. In the list of synonyms shown in the center of the dialog box, the words or terms (that will be displayed in the various Text Mining Results dialog box options) are shown in the Root column; the synonyms for these Roots are shown in the Words column. You can select a synonym specification by clicking on it (and then, for example, Remove it). |
| Root | In this edit field, type the root word that will be used in the various displays available from the Text Mining Results dialog box. |
| Words | In this edit field, type in the list of words that will be interpreted as the synonyms of the Root. |
| Add new synonym | After specifying the new Root and Words (to define the synonyms), click the Add new synonym button to commit this new specification to the list of synonyms. The specification will be added to the current list of synonyms. |
| Update synonym | After specifying the new Root and Words (to define the synonyms), click the Update synonyms button to replace (update) the currently highlighted synonym specification (in the list of synonyms shown in the box). |
Summary: Specifying a new synonym/editing an existing specification. To add a synonym specification to the list of synonyms displayed in this dialog box, type into the Root edit field in the lower section of the dialog box the word that is to be indexed and used in the various displays available from the Text Mining Results dialog box. Next, specify in the Words edit field the synonyms for this Root. Then click the Add new synonym button to create a new synonym specification. To edit an existing specification, select it in the list of synonyms, use the Root and Words edit fields to enter/edit synonyms, and click the Update synonyms button to replace the currently highlighted specifications with the new one.