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readReut21578XML: Read In a Reuters21578 XML Document

Description

Returns a function which reads in a Reuters21578 XML document.

Usage

readReut21578XML(...)

Arguments

...
Arguments for the generator function.

Value

  • A function with the signature elem, language, load, id:
  • elemA list with the two named elements content and uri. The first element must hold the document corpus to be read in, the second element must hold a call to the document corpus. The call is evaluated upon a request for load on demand.
  • languageA character giving the text's language.
  • loadA logical value indicating whether the document corpus should be immediately loaded into memory.
  • idA character representing a unique identification string for the returned text document.
  • The function returns a XMLTextDocument representing content.

Details

Formally this function is a function generator, i.e., it returns a function (which reads in a Reuters21578 XML document) with a well-defined signature, but can access passed over arguments via lexical scoping. This is especially useful for reader functions for complex data structures which need a lot of configuration options.