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Criteria for the Knovelization of Tables
- Knovelization has to improve the access to the data by making data searchable in our relational database, which accompanies searchable PDF text. For example: A unit conversion table or a table with bolt thread sizes would not be knovelized because very few users would search on conversion factors or thread sizes. However, a table with critical points of organic substances would be knovelized to make it searchable on critical points (numerically) and on chemical names (keywords).
- Knovelization should make it easier to view and navigate through the data, e.g., by sorting. This is especially important in large tables.
- A table should contain a large amount of valuable, hard-to-find data to make it worthwhile to knovelize.
- The data in the table should be consistent to minimize the normalization effort.