Tool for automated subject indexing and classification
Tool for automated subject indexing and classification
Choose a controlled subject vocabulary and train Annif on already indexed documents – it can then suggest subjects for new documents!
Annif uses a combination of existing natural language processing and machine learning tools including Maui, Omikuji, fastText and Gensim. It is multilingual and can support any subject vocabulary (in SKOS or a simple TSV format). It provides a command-line interface, a simple Web UI and a microservice-style REST API.
Code and documentation for Annif is available on GitHub (Apache 2.0 license). Annif can also be installed from PyPI and as a Docker image from Quay.io. Annif is mainly being developed at the National Library of Finland, but others are welcome to join in!
We also provide a demo API for accessing Annif as a REST API service. If you need an API for production systems, check out Finto AI, which is based on Annif.
To get a hands-on experience of Annif, study the Annif tutorial materials, which include example data sets, exercises and short video presentations:
There is also extensive usage documentation in the wiki on GitHub.
The annif-users mailing list and web forum is available on Google Groups. The forum is meant for general discussion about Annif, asking for help, and announcements of new versions. All messages are public and anyone is welcome to join!
Please use the forum instead of sending personal e-mail to the Annif developers.
Finto AI - service for automated subject indexing
Kirjavälitys Oy generates metadata about upcoming books with Annif
In Jyväskylä University Digital Repository and in repositories of other institutes (Osuva, Trepo, Theseus) Annif assists the subject indexing of theses and dissertations
Dissemin uses Annif to categorize academic papers uploaded to open repositories
More users of Annif and/or Finto AI
An article about Annif has been published in the peer-reviewed Open Access journal LIBER Quarterly. The software itself is also archived on Zenodo and has a citable DOI. See the README on the Annif GitHub project site for more details including BiBTeX snippets.
Above is the presentation of Annif and Finto AI at SWIB20.
See also the SWIB18 presentation, MDN Workshop 2020 presentation, and the video of the first prototype of Annif.