The following glossary is the full list of supported data types and their corresponding use cases, pipelines, and available labels. The API task type column refers to the task type you should use if you are following our API reference.
Uploaded data type | Available use cases | Available pipelines | Available labels | API reference task type |
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Text | Content Classification | Standard Consensus |
Annotation Linear scale List selection Tree selection |
textcollection
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Text Generation | Generative | Annotation Text response |
textcollection
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Transcription | Standard | Annotation Text response |
textcollection
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Named Entity Recognition | Standard | Annotation Entity Attribute Annotation attribute Link attribute |
namedentityrecognition
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Content Collection |
Standard Consensus |
Annotation Text response List selection Tree selection Date Linear scale Ranking Label group |
textcollection
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Image | Object Detection | Standard | Annotation Box Polygon Point Ellipse Cuboid Line Attribute Global attribute Annotation attribute Link attribute |
imageannotation
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Semantic Segmentation | Standard |
Attribute Global attribute Annotation attribute Link attribute |
segmentannotation
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Entity Extraction | Standard |
Annotation Entity Attribute Global attribute Annotation attribute Link attribute |
doctranscription
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All use cases from the Text section except Named Entity Recognition apply here too. | ||||
Video | Object & Event Detection | Standard | Annotation Box Polygon Point Ellipse Cuboid Line Attribute Global attribute Annotation attribute Link attribute |
videoplaybackannotation
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All use cases from the Text section except Named Entity Recognition apply here too. | ||||
PDFs/Documents | Entity Extraction | Standard | Annotation Entity Attribute Global attribute Annotation attribute Link attribute |
doctranscription
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All use cases from the Text section except Named Entity Recognition apply here too. | ||||
Audio | All use cases from the Text section except Named Entity Recognition apply here too. |
To see different examples of our use cases and their supported label types, please refer to the images below.
Object Detection
Comprehensive annotation for 2D images. Supports box, polygon, line, point, cuboid, and ellipse geometries. This is the recommended task type for annotating images with vector geometric shapes.
Supported Label Types & Examples:
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Box Annotation
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Polygon Annotation
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Point Annotation
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Ellipse Annotation
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Cuboid Annotation
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Line Annotation
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Annotation Attribute
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Links
Content Classification
Supported Label Types & Examples:
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List selection
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Tree selection
Semantic Segmentation
Supported Label Types & Examples:
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Label
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Annotation Attribute
Content Collection
Supported Label Types & Examples:
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List selection
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Tree selection
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Date
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Linear Scale
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Ranking
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Label Group
Named Entity Recognition
Supported Label Types & Examples:
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Entity
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Links
Entity Extraction
Supported Label Types & Examples:
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Entity
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Select