Glossary

Concept
A concept is an abstract idea or a mental symbol, typically associated with a corresponding representation in a language or symbology. It is composed of a preferred name and synonymous terms . There may be different terms for differend languages.
Longest match
Means that the longest phrase is the winner in entity recognizing. For example: you have two named entities
  1. name
  2. first name

In the sentence "Please write your first name " the matched named entity is first name .

Named entity
In εos terminology a named entity is a concept composed of a preferred name and synonymous terms . There may be different terms for differend languages.
Phrase
A phrase is a sequence of terms.
Preferred name
The main used name of a concept.
Synonymous term
Is a different word with identical or at least similar meanings to a preferred term .
Term
A there is a sequence of characters.