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Descriptions of OCR processing, TEI transformation, and metadata creation
Master Files
After creating entry files, we run an automated metadata generation process to add index terms to each entry.
Automated Metadata Procedure
How we create subject headings for every entry file.
Run HIVE2
With the NER output, plain text, and a manifest in place, we are ready to generate the index terms.

Production
Descriptions of OCR processing, TEI transformation, and metadata creation
- Organization
  How to keep hundreds of thousands of files organized.
- Page Files
  Explains the procedures we use to get the best quality OCR of each page.
- Entry Files
  Procedures for converting single pages into Encyclopedia entries.
- Master Files
  After creating entry files, we run an automated metadata generation process to add index terms to each entry.
  - Automated Metadata Procedure
    How we create subject headings for every entry file.
    - Named Entity Recognition
      Running named entity recognition on entries
    - Generating the Manifest
      The manifest stores all of the parameters for HIVE
    - Run HIVE2
      With the NER output, plain text, and a manifest in place, we are ready to generate the index terms.
    - Add index terms to master files
      Adding index terms to the master files

Run HIVE2

With the NER output, plain text, and a manifest in place, we are ready to generate the index terms.

Once everything is prepared, we are ready to process our materials in HIVE2.

Run batch-indexer.py. A small GUI appears.
Click 1. Select manifest.csv file when prompted and navigate to the manifest file. Since it is in the same folder with the plain-text and NER files, the script now has everything it needs to process the files.
Click 2. Start indexing.
HIVE2 will process each file individually, using the vocabularies and parameters specified in the manifest to generate index terms and links to online authority files for the entry.

The batch folder is now complete. It contains four files for each entry, plus one manifest file for the batch.


each entry	full text	kp*.txt
each entry	NER Topics	kp*a.csv
each entry	NER Geo	kp*b.csv
one per folder	manifest	manifest_*.csv
each entry	batch output	kp*_md.csv

When finished, it creates a new CSV file for each entry that stores the HIVE index terms. This output file includes an _md suffix attached to the base file name. It is saved in the same batch folder with all of the other metadata-related files.