The identification and structuring of the basic information is done according to the process described below :
1. Data recuperation (text field analysis)
2. Data grinding (text broken down by word)
3. Word refining (correction of words)
4. Information agglomeration (formation of blocks of information)
5. Information exploitation (statistical calculations)
6. Structuring of information (report creation)
Extraction benefits
• Permits automatic extraction and codification of the available information from the text field.
• Reduces considerably the time required to capture the pertinent data.
• Makes a large amount of previously non-exploited but important information accessible for use in reliability and maintainability analysis.
• Demonstrates to maintenance personnel the importance of the comments noted on the work reports.