Configuring Classes

Overview

Often you need to ingest documents without knowing their type ahead of time. For example, imagine a law practice that needs to process different record types and extract structured data from each one:

• Birth Certificate -> Extract birth date, Jurisdiction of certificate, legal name
• Marriage Certificate -> Extract date of marriage, names of both parties

To make things more interesting, let's say we only want to extract U.S.-based birth certificates plus every marriage certificate.

Setting up classes is as simple as writing down those definitions in plain language.

Defining Classes

Click Create, and you're done. On to the marriage certificate example:

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This example is intentionally straightforward, but you can add plenty of nuance. For instance, create separate classes for "Spanish-Speaking Marriage Certificate" or "Marriage Certificates issued before 1973."