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NaCTeM Software Tools

Developed by: The National Centre for Text Minin
License: Free&Closed source
Web page : Tool homepage
Tool type : Web application

The last edition of this page was on: 2014/03/19

The Completion level of this page is : Low

The last edition of this page was on: 2014/03/19 The Completion level of this page is : Low

SHORT DESCRIPTION

[[has description::NaCTeM has developed a number of high-quality text mining tools for the UK academic community. However, at least some seem to available to all for non commercial purposes ([1])

NaCTeM's tools and services offer benefits to a wide range of users eg. reduction in time and effort for finding and linking pertinent information from large scale textual resources and customised solutions in semantic data analysis. (Our Aims and Objectives, retrieved March 2014).

NaCTeM tools are available in different ways. For basic tools, web services exist. Others require download and sometimes configuration/installation.]]

TOOL CHARACTERISTICS

Usability

Authors of this page consider that this tool is rather easy to use.

Tool orientation

This tool is designed for general purpose analysis.

Data mining type

This tool is made for Text mining.

Manipulation type

This tool is designed for Data analysis.

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IMPORT FORMAT :  TXT

EXPORT FORMAT :  TXT

Tool objective(s) in the field of Learning Sciences

☑ Analysis & Visualisation of data
☑ Predicting student performance
☑ Student modelling
☑ Social Network Analysis (SNA)
☑ Constructing courseware

☑ Providing feedback for supporting instructors:
☑ Recommendations for students
☑ Grouping students:
☑ Developing concept maps:
☑ Planning/scheduling/monitoring
☑ Experimentation/observation

Tool can perform:

* Data extraction of type:

* Transformation of type:

* Data analysis of type: Data mining methods and algorithms, Basic statistics and data summarization

* Data visualisation of type: (These visualisations can be interactive and updated in "real time")

ABOUT USERS

Tool is suitable for:

Students/Learners/Consumers

Teachers/Tutors/Managers

Researchers

Developers/Designers

Organisations/Institutions/Firms

Others

Required skills:

STATISTICS:  Basic

PROGRAMMING:

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION:

DATA MINING MODELS:  Basic

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## Contents

* 1 SHORT DESCRIPTION
* 2 TOOL CHARACTERISTICS
* 3 ABOUT USER
* 4 OTHER TOOL INFORMATION

## SHORT DESCRIPTION[edit source]

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NaCTeM has developed a number of high-quality text mining tools for the UK academic community. However, at least some seem to available to all for non commercial purposes ([2])

NaCTeM's tools and services offer benefits to a wide range of users eg. reduction in time and effort for finding and linking pertinent information from large scale textual resources and customised solutions in semantic data analysis. (Our Aims and Objectives, retrieved March 2014).

NaCTeM tools are available in different ways. For basic tools, web services exist. Others require download and sometimes configuration/installation.

## TOOL CHARACTERISTICS[edit source]

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Tool orientation | Data mining type | Usability

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This tool is designed for general purpose analysis. | This tool is designed for Text mining. | Authors of this page consider that this tool is rather easy to use.
Data import format | Data export format

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TXT. | TXT.

Tool objective(s) in the field of Learning Sciences

☑ Analysis & Visualisation of data
☑ Predicting student performance
☑ Student modelling
☑ Social Network Analysis (SNA)
☑ Constructing courseware

☑ Providing feedback for supporting instructors:
☑ Recommendations for students
☑ Grouping students:
☑ Developing concept maps:
☑ Planning/scheduling/monitoring
☑ Experimentation/observation

Can perform data extraction of type:

Can perform data transformation of type:

Can perform data analysis of type:
Data mining methods and algorithms, Basic statistics and data summarization

Can perform data visualisation of type:
(These visualisations can be interactive and updated in "real time")

## ABOUT USER[edit source]

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Tool is suitable for:

Students/Learners/Consumers:☑ | Teachers/Tutors/Managers:☑ | Researchers:☑ | Organisations/Institutions/Firms:☑ | Others:☑
Required skills:

Statistics: BASIC | Programming:  | System administration:  | Data mining models: BASIC

## OTHER TOOL INFORMATION[edit source]

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NaCTeM Software Tools
Free&Closed source
The National Centre for Text Minin
http://www.nactem.ac.uk/software.php
[[has description::NaCTeM has developed a number of high-quality text mining tools for the UK academic community. However, at least some seem to available to all for non commercial purposes ([3])

NaCTeM's tools and services offer benefits to a wide range of users eg. reduction in time and effort for finding and linking pertinent information from large scale textual resources and customised solutions in semantic data analysis. (Our Aims and Objectives, retrieved March 2014).

NaCTeM tools are available in different ways. For basic tools, web services exist. Others require download and sometimes configuration/installation.]]

General analysis
Students/Learners/Consumers, Teachers/Tutors/Managers, Researchers, Organisations/Institutions/Firms
Basic
Basic
Web application
Text mining
Data analysis
Data mining methods and algorithms, Basic statistics and data summarization
TXT
TXT
rather easy to use
Low

NaCTeM offers a collection of tools. Some of these target ordinary academic end-users. Others may require data mining and content analysis skills. Some tools are online and others (e.g. U-Compare require download and installation.

Bibliography

* Sophia Ananiadou, The National Centre for Text Mining: A Vision for the Future, http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue53/ananiadou

* Batista-Navarro, R. T. B., Rak, R. and Ananiadou, S.. (2013). NaCTeM CTD Web Services. In: Proceedings of the Fourth BioCreative Challenge Evaluation Workshop, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, pp. 85-89

* A full bibliography is available here. It includes dozens of peer-reviewed articles in the life sciences that use different types of tools. Some of these may use other toolkits though ....

Some services

* TerMine, AcroMine [2][3] extract candidate terms from text, and map them between biology acronyms and their full forms.
* MEDIE [9] provides real-time semantic information retrieval based on the retrieval of relational concepts from huge texts.
* InfoPubMed [11] extracts and visualises protein-protein interactions.