coast-core 1.0.1
Core functionality of COAST
License: MIT license
Keywords: coast_core

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COAST_CORE
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COAST_CORE is a tool designed for aiding the credibility assessment of online
articles. It is a collection of modules that are useful for assessing various aspects of credibility.

* Free software: MIT license
* Documentation: https://coast-core.readthedocs.io.


Features
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COAST_CORE is made up of several modules for:

* `N-Gram extraction <https://coast-core.readthedocs.io/en/latest/modules/ngram_extraction.html>`_
* `Citation detection and classification <https://coast-core.readthedocs.io/en/latest/modules/citations.html>`_
* `Clarity of writing assessment <https://coast-core.readthedocs.io/en/latest/modules/clarity_of_writing.html>`_
* `Code detection <https://coast-core.readthedocs.io/en/latest/modules/code_detection.html>`_
* `Event detection <https://coast-core.readthedocs.io/en/latest/modules/events.html>`_
* `Keyword detection <https://coast-core.readthedocs.io/en/latest/modules/markers.html>`_
* `Named entity detection <https://coast-core.readthedocs.io/en/latest/modules/named_entities.html>`_

Prerequisites
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The tool is built in Python 3 and tested in versions 3.5 and 3.6.

There are two methods of named entity detection included as part of COAST_CORE. For
running the Stanford named entity detection, you will need Java_ installed.

.. _Java: https://java.com/en/download/

Installation
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To install COAST_CORE, run this command in your terminal:

.. code-block:: console

    $ pip install coast_core

This is the preferred method to install COAST_CORE, as it will always install the most recent stable release.

If you don't have `pip`_ installed, this `Python installation guide`_ can guide
you through the process.

To install from source, visit our documentation_.

.. _pip: https://pip.pypa.io
.. _Python installation guide: http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/starting/installation/

.. _documentation: https://coast-core.readthedocs.io


.. :changelog:

History
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| Date               | Status                                                                                                                                          |
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| April 2016         | Research on credibility begins, some initial scripts are written as part of various studies                                                     |
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| First half of 2017 | Adrien Aucher joins UC as an intern and works with Ashley Williams on the first version of this tool. It is only used internally at this point. |
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| April 2018         | Yann Le Norment joins UC as an intern and works on a first public release.                                                                      |
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| May 2018           | First public release!                                                                                                                           |
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| August 2018        | Version 0.1.2 released; fixing bugs and making things stable.                                                                                   |
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| November 2018      | Stefan Hall joins the project to work on the first release. Version 1.0.0 released.                                                             |
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