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. 2013 Jun 15;14:194. doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-14-194

Table 1.

Applied scores for local clues

Pattern name Description Score
Dictionary
Matches dictionary
+5.50
Title
Matches title pattern
+4.00
Enum
Is part of a known resource enumeration
+3.00
Hearst
Is part of a Hearst pattern
+4.00
“Good” Head
Associated with a positive head term
+2.00
Version
Followed by a version number
+3.00
Reference
Followed by a reference
+1.00
Hyper-Link
Followed by a hyper-link or URL
+1.50
Mixed Case
Is MiXeD CaSe
+1.00
Upper Case
Is UPPER CASE
+0.50
Bioconductor
Matches Bioconductor dictionary
-1.75
Dictionary Word
Is an English dictionary word
-4.00
Known Acronym
Is a known bio-acronym
-15.00
Negative Head
Associated with a negative head term
-15.00
Lower Case
Is lower case
-1.00
Partial-Word
Is only a part of a word
-15.00
Compound Factor
Term fires multiple positive clues
+0.50
Weak Associated with a weak identifier +0.50

bioNerDS’ various score adjustments.