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Abstract

A method of assigning an identifier to a mention of an entity in a document carried out by computing apparatus including a display and one or more user operable input devices. A plurality of candidate identifiers are received from a term identification module in respect of a mention of an entity in a document, each candidate identifier being a reference to an entity in connection with which entity property data is stored in one or more entity databases. A list is displayed in a first region of the display, the list having a plurality of user-selectable entries, each entry in the list concerning the entity referred to by one of the said plurality of candidate identifiers, each entry comprising properties of the respective entity. At least one of the said properties is retrieved from the said one or more entity databases. In response to the selection by a user of an entry in the list, additional properties of the entity which the selected entry concerns are displayed in a second region of the display, the additional properties being retrieved at least in part from the one or more said databases. Responsive to an identifier assignment instruction received from a user in connection with a selected entity which a list entry concerns, an identifier of the selected entity is assigned as identifier of the mention of the entity. Filters are provided to enable a user to restrict the entities in connection with which a list entry is provided to those which fulfil user specified criteria. The properties which are displayed in the first and second region of the display are customisable for different domains and applications.

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