Configurable weights
One major difference in the updated implementation is in the level of control now supported by the scoring process. The segments are decomposed into elements, where each element type is assigned a weight that represents its maximum effort. (In the old implementation, all elements were equally weighted.) The new implementation provides granular control over the weight on elements within the segment.
- word
Represents one unit of work, and is constant; all other element weights are assigned relative to a word unit.
- number
By default, numbers have less weight than words, but this setting can be changed. We expect that a difference in numbers is not as important as a difference between words.
- outer placeholder
The implementation allows for leading and trailing placeholders to be weighted differently from words, as well as from inner placeholders.
- inner placeholders
Placeholders where at least one non-placeholder element (such as a word or number) occurs before and after at some point in the segment. For example, consider the text
Please click <a href=????????? >this text </a> to advance forward.The anchor tags are converted into placeholders, which are both considered inner tags.
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