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Annotation loader interface.
 
   | format  | filename  | id  | signalInfo  | options 
 
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| AIF  | Yes  | No  | No  |  Optional 
 encoding := XML encoding name for the output 
 (default value: UTF-8)  
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| BAS  | Yes  | Yes  | Optional  | No 
 
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| BU  | Yes 
(no extension)  | Yes  | Optional  |  Optional 
 base := lbl | lba 
 (default value: lbl)  
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| LCF  | Yes  | Yes  | Optional  | No 
 
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| SwitchBoard  | Yes  | Yes  | Optional  | No 
 
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| TF  | Yes  | Yes  | Optional  |  Yes 
 header := field names separated by separators 
 separator := separator of the format 
 ann_type := type of annotations 
 (default value: TF)  
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| TIMIT  | Yes 
(no extension)  | Yes  | Optional  | No 
 
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| TreeBank  | Yes  | Yes  | No  |  Optional 
 input type := string 
 (use to load a string instead of a file)  
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| XLabel  | Yes  | Yes  | Optional  |  Optional 
 ann_type := type of annotations 
 (default value: object)  
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Parameters: 
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| annotationFile
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Annotation file name.  |  
| id
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Id of AGSet or AG into which the annotataion will be loaded.  |  
| signalInfo
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Feature-value map for signal information. Possible features include 'uri', 'mimeClass', 'mimeType', 'encoding', 'unit', and 'track'. 'uri' indicates the location of the signal file.  |  
| options
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Feature-value map for extra options. There may be different options in different annotation formats.  |  
 
 
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Returns: 
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Id of the AG(s) where the file is loaded. 
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