Builder

Builder: This module is responsible for data preparation and the construction of search engines. It contains:

• extract_pdf: extraction of text from PDF files.
• acronyms: management and extraction of acronyms found in the protocols.
• sections_regroup: organization and regrouping of document sections.
• exact_engine and sparse_engine: modules for building keyword-based and TF-IDF search engines.
• top terms : Top terms for each study use in display of results
• config: configuration files for data processing and building.
• data: storage of source files and datasets.
• utils: utility functions for preprocessing and data handling.

The script main_builder.py orchestrates the entire process of database and engines constructions.