Extensible surface for consuming information extraction serivices

Abstract

Representing structured data extracted from unstructured data in fashion allowing querying using relational database concepts. A method includes receiving user input specifying one or more database views. The method further includes receiving user input specifying an information extraction technique, such as an extraction workflow. The method further includes receiving user input specifying a corpus of data. The extraction technique is applied to the corpus of data to produce the one or more database views. These views can then be queried or operated on using database tools.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . In a computing environment, a method of representing structured data extracted from unstructured data in fashion allowing querying using relational database concepts, the method comprising:
 receiving user input specifying one or more database views;   receiving user input specifying an information extraction technique;   receiving user input specifying a corpus of data comprising unstructured data;   applying the extraction technique to the corpus of data to extract structured data from the unstructured data of the corpus of data; and   producing the one or more database views including the extracted structured data.