Definition File

ABLE uses a specially designed file called a definition file to define the content of text files. Fields in text files can be delimited by spaces or commas. Each record in the file describes one field, and each record contains three values:

  1. Field name
  2. Data type, must be one of:
  3. Field usage, must be one of these special values:

Create definition files with your favorite editor in text format. Here is the animal.dfn file as an example of a definition file used by the AbleNeuralClassificationAgent:

eats_grass? categorical input
flies?      categorical input
swims?      categorical input
type        categorical input
color       categorical input
legs        discrete    input
weight      continuous  input
animal      categorical output