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Changelog
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0.1.6 - March 1, 2018
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 * Improved LexNLP unit test coverage.

0.1.5 - Feb 1, 2018
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 * Improved LexNLP unit test coverage.

0.1.4 - Jan 1, 2018
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 * Improved LexNLP unit test coverage.
 * Implemented method to get sentence ranges in addition to sentence texts.

0.1.3 - Dec 1, 2017
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 * Improved LexNLP unit test coverage.

0.1.2 - Nov 1, 2017
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 * Implemented LexNLP title locator.
 * Implemented additional LexNLP transforms for skipgrams and n-grams.
 * Improved LexNLP handling for parties with abbreviations and other cases.
 * Improved LexNLP handling for amounts with mixed alpha and numeric characters.
 * Improved LexNLP unit test coverage.


0.1.1 - Oct 1, 2017
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 * Improve unit test framework handling for language and locales.
 * Implemented method and input-level CPU and memory benchmarking for unit tests.
 * Migrated all unit tests to 60 separate CSV files.
 * Added over 1,000 new unit tests for most LexNLP methods.
 * Reduced memory usage for paragraph and section segmenters.
 * Improved handling of brackets and parentheses within noun phrases.
 * Added URL locator to LexNLP.
 * Added trademark locator to LexNLP.
 * Added copyright locator to LexNLP.
 * Improved default Punkt sentence boundary detection.
 * Added custom sentence boundary training methods.
 * Improved handling of multilingual text, especially around geopolitical entities.
 * Improved default handling of party names with non-standard characters.
 * Enhanced metadata related to party type in LexNLP.
 * Improved continuous integration for public repositories.


0.1.0 - Sep 1, 2017
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 * Refactored and integrate core extraction into separate LexNLP package.
 * Released nearly 200 unit tests with over 500 real-world test cases in LexNLP.
 * Improved definition, date, and financial amount locators for corner cases.
 * Integrated PII locator for phone numbers, SSNs, and names from LexNLP.
 * Integrated ratio locator from LexNLP.
 * Integrated percent locator from LexNLP.
 * Integrated regulatory locator from LexNLP.
 * Integrated distance locator from LexNLP.
 * Integrated case citation locator from LexNLP.
 * Improved geopolitical locator to allow non-master-data entity location.
 * Improved party locator to allow configuration and better handle corner cases