Named Entity Recognition Grammars Package 25.2
Named Entity Recognition Grammars User Guide

# telephone grammar

The telephone grammar is found in the sets PII, PHI.

entity | description | examples | components | checksum
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
telephone/context/CC | A telephone number with context. For the telephone_cjkvt grammar, numbers can be ASCII or full-width numbers. This entity returns the telephone number in the normalized format +NNNNN, starting with the country code. For example +12012224344.1 To ensure that this entity performs correctly, set your TangibleCharacters configuration to include the following characters: ()+-. For more information, see Configure Tangible Characters. | Tel: +44 1234 224050 Telephone: (201)-222-4344 numéro de téléphone: +1-902-861-7000 | ✔️ | ❌
telephone/landmark/CC | A telephone number landmark. For the telephone_cjkvt grammar, landmarks are available only in CJKVT native script. | Tel: Telefon No | ❌ | ❌
telephone/nocontext/CC | A telephone number without context. For the telephone_cjkvt grammar, numbers can be ASCII or full-width numbers. This entity returns the telephone number in the normalized format +NNNNN, starting with the country code. For example +12042439955.2 To ensure that this entity performs correctly, set your TangibleCharacters configuration to include the following characters: ()+-. For more information, see Configure Tangible Characters. | (204)-243-9955 +39 055 326 43 11 44 20 7499 9000 | ✔️ | ❌

The following components are produced by the above entities.

components | description | examples | context
--- | --- | --- | ---
ISD_CODE | international dialing code (ISD); normalized output for a telephone number match always includes the ISD, but the component returns only if the matched text contained the ISD | 971 | هاتف: +971 50 765 4321

In the tables, ✔️ indicates that the item is always used, and ❌ that the item is never used. The ✓ symbol indicates that the item is only used for some entities (that is, for some but not all countries or languages). For details, refer to the relevant entity page.

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Product: Named Entity Recognition Grammars Package 25.2

Topic Title: telephone grammar