v2.0.0

2.0.0 (2022-12-05)

Changed

• major refactor that touches pretty much every line of code
• use docdeid package for logic
• speedups: now 973% faster
• use lookup sets instead of lookup lists
• refactor tokenizer
• refactor annotators into separate classes, using structured annotations
• guidelines for contributing

Added

• introduced new interface for deidentification, using Deduce() class
• a separate documentation page, with tutorial and migration guide
• support for python 3.10 and 3.11

Removed

• the annotate_text and deidentify_annotations functions
• all in-text annotation (under the hood) and associated functions
• support for given names. given names can be added as another first name in the Person class.
• support for python 3.7 and 3.8

Fixed

• < and > are no longer replaced by ( and ) respectively
• deduce does not strip text (whitespaces, tabs at beginning/end of text) anymore

Release 1.0.8

1.0.8 (2021-11-29)

Fixed

• various modifications related to adding or subtracting spaces in annotated texts
• remove the lowercasing of institutions' names
• therefore, all structured annotations have texts matching the original text in the same span

Added

• warn if there are any structured annotations whose annotated text does not match the original text in the span denoted by the structured annotation

Version 1.0.7

1.0.7 (2021-11-03)

Changed

• Internal code formatting improvements

Added

• Contributing guidelines

Version 1.0.6

1.0.6 (2021-10-06)

Fixed

• Bug with multiple 4-digit mg dosages in one text

Version 1.0.5

1.0.5 (2021-10-05)

Fixed

• Minor bug where tag flattening had no effect

Version 1.0.4

1.0.4 (2021-10-05)

Added

• Changelog
• Additional unit tests for whitespace/punctuation

Fixed

• Various whitespace/punctuation bugs
• Bug with nested tags not related to person names
• Bug with adjacent tags not being merged