getAnnotatorDescriptor: Gets annotator information.

In nzilbb.labbcat: Accessing Data Stored in 'LaBB-CAT' Instances

Gets annotator information.

Description

Retrieve information about an annotator. Annotators are modules that perform different annotation tasks. This function provides information about a given annotator, for example the currently installed version of the module, what configuration parameters it requires, etc.

Usage

getAnnotatorDescriptor(labbcat.url, annotator.id)

Arguments

labbcat.url	URL to the LaBB-CAT instance.
annotator.id	ID of the annotator module.

Value

The annotator info:

• annotatorId The annotators's unique ID

• version The currently install version of the annotator.

• info HTML-encoded description of the function of the annotator.

• infoText A plain text version of $info (converted automatically).

• hasConfigWebapp Determines whether the annotator includes a web-app for installation or general configuration.

• configParameterInfo An HTML-encoded definition of the installation config parameters, including a list of all parameters, and the encoding of the parameter string.

• configParameterInfoText A plain text version of $configParameterInfo (converted automatically).

• hasTaskWebapp Determines whether the annotator includes a web-app for task parameter configuration.

• taskParameterInfo An HTML-encoded definition of the task parameters, including a list of all parameters, and the encoding of the parameter string.

• taskParameterInfoText A plain text version of $taskParameterInfo (converted automatically).

• hasExtWebapp Determines whether the annotator includes an extras web-app which implements functionality for providing extra data or extending functionality in an annotator-specific way.

• extApiInfo An HTML-encoded document containing information about what endpoints are published by the ext web-app.

• extApiInfoText A plain text version of $extApiInfo (converted automatically).

See Also

annotatorExt newLayer

Examples

## Not run: 
## Get information about the BAS Annotator
basAnnotator <- getAnnotatorDescriptor("https://labbcat.canterbury.ac.nz/demo/", "BASAnnotator")
cat(basAnnotator$infoText)

## End(Not run)

nzilbb.labbcat documentation built on July 26, 2023, 6:08 p.m.