Anteater

Welcome to the Anteater homepage!

The original goal of this project was the extraction of certain information such as species, places, and people from texts downloaded from the Federal Register (https://www.federalregister.gov).

In the beginning, Anteater was developed as a Java command-line tool. However, version 2 was developed as a web application implemented using Spring MVC. So far, Anteater focuses on extracting information from Federal Register documents. These texts are mainly applications for permits, notices about given permits, etc.

Anteater aims to extract the following information:

Applicant of permit (if applicable, institution applicant is working for)
Location of applicant
Researched species (by scientific name)
Location of research

You can download the final report of the Java command-line tool here.

Anteaters are not aggressive but they can be fierce. A cornered anteater will rear up on its hind legs, using its tail for balance, and lash out with dangerous claws. The giant anteater's claws are some four inches (ten centimeters) long, and the animal can fight off even a puma or jaguar. (http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/giant-anteater/)

About

A product of the MPIWG

Anteater has been developed at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) in Berlin by Julia Damerow in collaboration with Etienne Benson and Dirk Wintergrün.

Download Anteater

Download Anteater from our files download page on Sourceforge.