Creating an empty project

If you do not have a prepared body of texts to import, you can build a content set manually by copying and pasting, or typing them in, one-by-one.

Before you begin

If you are new to Classification Workbench, you might want to review Defining fields before following this procedure.

About this task

To manually create a new content set, you must define the content set data structure (that is, define the set of fields that will represent each content item). For example, you define a field for the body text, and the category (required). Then you enter data and define categories for each content item.

To manually create a content set:

Procedure

  1. In the New Project wizard, select Create an empty project and click Finish.
  2. In the main window, add fields and define their properties by right-clicking on the Field Definitions panel. For example, you could add a field called Message (data type=string, content type=body) to store message text, and a field called Category (data type=classification, select Designate as categories field) to store each item's classification. For more information, see Field properties.
  3. Enter new content items as follows:
    1. On the Content Set menu, click New Item.
    2. In the Item Fields list on the New Content Item Properties window, expand a field and double-click its value (marked <empty>).
    3. In the Edit Field window, type or paste text for the selected field and click OK.
  4. Optional: Categorize the content item by clicking Assign Category in the Assigned Categories area.
  5. Click Done. The item is assigned an ID number and is added to the content set.
  6. Repeat steps 3-5 to enter each item into the content set.
    Tip: Save your content set often. If you exit Classification Workbench without saving, you are prompted to save.
    Individual items are displayed as rows on the content set page. To display the content set page, click View All Content Items on the toolbar.