Named Entity Recognition 25.4
Named Entity Recognition User and Programming Guide

# Validate

This command validates a Named Entity Recognition configuration.

    edktool v

The following table lists the parameters for this command.

`-c <configfile>` | The configuration file to validate.
`-l <licensefile>` | The Named Entity Recognition license to use. You can provide either: A path to the file that contains the license key. This file can include the version key, concatenated to the license key with a semicolon (`;`), or you can copy the `versionkey.dat` to the same directory as the license key file. See Named Entity Recognition Licenses in edktool. The license data. This license data must include the license key and the version key, separated by a semicolon (`;`). If you do not specify a license key, edktool attempts to load the license `licensekey.dat` and `versionkey.dat` in its current working directory. You must specify the license parameter if your license is in a different location.
`-o <outputfile>` | (Optional) The output file name to use to output any errors.
`-i` | (Optional) Initialize an extraction session to verify that entities can be loaded from the configuration.

The following example shows the output from a validate command on an invalid configuration file.

    Config file invalid
    [Eduction]
    //Referenced parameter configured with no value
    TANGIBLECHARACTERS=
    //Key deprecated
    OUTPUTSCORES=True
    //Key deprecated
    OUTPUTSIMPLEMATCHINFO=False

    [pii_postprocessing]
    //Key not used
    TYPE=lua

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Product: Knowledge Discovery Named Entity Recognition 25.4

Topic Title: Validate