{"id":420,"date":"2022-06-23T18:21:58","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T16:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kairntech.com\/doc\/?p=420"},"modified":"2025-08-01T11:58:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T09:58:44","slug":"how-to-import-a-vocabulary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kairntech.com\/doc\/how-to-import-a-vocabulary\/","title":{"rendered":"How to import a vocabulary?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Import your own <strong>business vocabularies<\/strong> (also called lexicons) to create a text annotator (the official term is <strong>gazetteer<\/strong>) that are based on a list of <strong>Terms<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the <em>Business vocabularies&nbsp;<\/em>view:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click on <strong>+ Business Vocabulary<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/kairntech.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/image-154-1024x467.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kairntech.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/image-154-1024x467.png 1024w, https:\/\/kairntech.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/image-154-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/kairntech.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/image-154-768x350.png 768w, https:\/\/kairntech.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/image-154-1536x701.png 1536w, https:\/\/kairntech.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/image-154.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Give a name to your lexicon in the popup menu<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select your file format among csv, excel, json, skos&#8230;\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Important note: CSV file should be saved in <strong>UTF-8 format<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/kairntech.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/image-155.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5433\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kairntech.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/image-155.png 756w, https:\/\/kairntech.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/image-155-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Import your <strong>business vocabulary<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There are 2 mandatory fields:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>identifier<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>preferedForm<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>CSV &amp; Excel format:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Use the predefined value and standard column names as much as possible<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/kairntech.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/image-156.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kairntech.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/image-156.png 718w, https:\/\/kairntech.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/image-156-300x261.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A simple sample below in Excel format<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"571\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\/\/kairntech.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kairntech.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/image-5.png 571w, https:\/\/kairntech.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/image-5-300x87.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 571px) 100vw, 571px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Once all terms have been imported:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to the <em>Terms <\/em>tab to <strong>search<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>browse&nbsp;<\/strong>all terms of the vocabulary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/kairntech.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/image-157-1024x462.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kairntech.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/image-157-1024x462.png 1024w, https:\/\/kairntech.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/image-157-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/kairntech.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/image-157-768x346.png 768w, https:\/\/kairntech.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/image-157-1536x692.png 1536w, https:\/\/kairntech.com\/doc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/image-157.png 1806w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Next step is to build a gazetteer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-kairntech-documentation wp-block-embed-kairntech-documentation\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"qKchF3Os5d\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kairntech.com\/doc\/how-to-build-a-gazetteer\/\">How to build a gazetteer?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; 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