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Sep 30

Annif tutorial at SWIB 2025 (17 November)

Hi all, The 17th Semantic Web in Libraries Conference (SWIB25) takes place 17-19 November 2025!

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Annif tutorial at SWIB 2025 (17 November)

Hi all, The 17th Semantic Web in Libraries Conference (SWIB25) takes place 17-19 November 2025!

Sep 30

juho.i...@helsinki.fi, … Christoph Poley5

Sep 4

ANN: Annif 1.4 released

Dear Annif-team, thank you for releasing the new Annif Version. Including the fully flexible fusion

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ANN: Annif 1.4 released

Dear Annif-team, thank you for releasing the new Annif Version. Including the fully flexible fusion

Sep 4

Annif Users

Aug 28

Proceedings and Continuation of the LLMs4Subjects Competition

Dear all, As you may remember, we participated in the LLMs4Subjects challenge earlier in 2025. The

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Proceedings and Continuation of the LLMs4Subjects Competition

Dear all, As you may remember, we participated in the LLMs4Subjects challenge earlier in 2025. The

Aug 28

Thomas Guignard

Aug 21

Annif use cases in Switzerland

Dear Annif community I'm preparing a short presentation on Annif for the LibreABC conference on

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Annif use cases in Switzerland

Dear Annif community I'm preparing a short presentation on Annif for the LibreABC conference on

Aug 21

Ball, Lakshmi rb2

Aug 15

Xtransformer backend

Hi Lucas, Thanks for testing the Xtransformer backend and reporting this. The issue comes from a

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Xtransformer backend

Hi Lucas, Thanks for testing the Xtransformer backend and reporting this. The issue comes from a

Aug 15

Teemu Nuutinen, … Osma Suominen3

Jul 29

WSGI service setup fails

Hi Teemu and Uldis, you are both correct, the wiki page on WSGI is outdated and the recipes no longer

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WSGI service setup fails

Hi Teemu and Uldis, you are both correct, the wiki page on WSGI is outdated and the recipes no longer

Jul 29

Jan Jacobs, … anna.k...@googlemail.com4

Jul 29

practice paper ‘Automatic Subject Cataloguing at the German National Library’

Dear João Lima, you might also be interested in this PR: https://github.com/NatLibFi/Annif/pull/798

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practice paper ‘Automatic Subject Cataloguing at the German National Library’

Dear João Lima, you might also be interested in this PR: https://github.com/NatLibFi/Annif/pull/798

Jul 29

Robina M, juho.i...@helsinki.fi2

Jul 16

XML Support and aksing for best pracitces

Dear Robina, 1.) Using corpus in XML-format is not possible, you need to convert documents to a TSV

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XML Support and aksing for best pracitces

Dear Robina, 1.) Using corpus in XML-format is not possible, you need to convert documents to a TSV

Jul 16

Sven Sass, juho.i...@helsinki.fi6

Jul 15

X-Transformer backend in nn-ensemble

Hello Juho, just a short follow up - it might be interesting for everyone. As you spoilered hyperopt-

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X-Transformer backend in nn-ensemble

Hello Juho, just a short follow up - it might be interesting for everyone. As you spoilered hyperopt-

Jul 15

P Stacey

Jul 6

Test the Open-Source PIC2BIM Android App – Powered by Satellite Accuracy

Try PIC2BIM, an open-source Android app that captures GNSS-authenticated field photos with satellite-

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Test the Open-Source PIC2BIM Android App – Powered by Satellite Accuracy

Try PIC2BIM, an open-source Android app that captures GNSS-authenticated field photos with satellite-

Jul 6

Tobias Bülte, Osma Suominen2

Jun 5

Suppress and order projects in WEB UI?

Hello Tobias! Yes, it is possible to control the visibility of projects over the REST API (and thus

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Suppress and order projects in WEB UI?

Hello Tobias! Yes, it is possible to control the visibility of projects over the REST API (and thus

Jun 5

Parthasarathi Mukhopadhyay, juho.i...@helsinki.fi3

Jun 3

Annif ver 1.3.1 - Neural Network model

Hello Juho, Thanks for your continued guidance! I've downgraded to Keras 3.9.2 (with TensorFlow

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Annif ver 1.3.1 - Neural Network model

Hello Juho, Thanks for your continued guidance! I've downgraded to Keras 3.9.2 (with TensorFlow

Jun 3

Jennifer D'Souza

May 23

[CFP] 2nd LLMs4Subjects Shared Task at KONVENS 2025

Dear Osma, the Annif Team, and the Annif community, Following an enriching first round of the

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[CFP] 2nd LLMs4Subjects Shared Task at KONVENS 2025

Dear Osma, the Annif Team, and the Annif community, Following an enriching first round of the

May 23

Sven Sass, Osma Suominen3

May 21

Filtering suggestions in annif eval

Hello Osma, thanks for the quick response. The dynamic filtering mentioned in (https://github.com/

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Filtering suggestions in annif eval

Hello Osma, thanks for the quick response. The dynamic filtering mentioned in (https://github.com/

May 21

Gabriel Souzs, Osma Suominen2

May 13

impact of the vocabulary format on training (.ttl or .tsv)

Hello Gabriel, If you use Omikuji, the vocabulary format doesn't make a difference. Omikuji and

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impact of the vocabulary format on training (.ttl or .tsv)

Hello Gabriel, If you use Omikuji, the vocabulary format doesn't make a difference. Omikuji and

May 13

Annif Users

May 8

Annif awarded at the LLMs4Subjects challenge

Dear all, We recently took part in the LLMs4Subjects challenge at the SemEval-2025 workshop. The task

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Annif awarded at the LLMs4Subjects challenge

Dear all, We recently took part in the LLMs4Subjects challenge at the SemEval-2025 workshop. The task

May 8

Renan Luiz da Silva Nascimento, … juho.i...@helsinki.fi6

May 2

Training Portuguese Publications in Annif

Hi Renan, I think the VirtualBox error is the same that is discussed in this thread: https://forums.

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Training Portuguese Publications in Annif

Hi Renan, I think the VirtualBox error is the same that is discussed in this thread: https://forums.

May 2

Ilektra Osmani, Osma Suominen2

Apr 28

Help needed: SKOS vocabulary error in Annif (using LCSH)

Hello Ilektra Osmani, I think the error is related to your Annif configuration. Can you please show

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Help needed: SKOS vocabulary error in Annif (using LCSH)

Hello Ilektra Osmani, I think the error is related to your Annif configuration. Can you please show

Apr 28

Tobias Bülte, Osma Suominen2

Apr 7

Warning when training ensembles

Hi Tobias! Thanks for the detailed report. This seems to be a pretty harmless warning - I think

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Warning when training ensembles

Hi Tobias! Thanks for the detailed report. This seems to be a pretty harmless warning - I think

Apr 7

Uldis Bojars, juho.i...@helsinki.fi2

Apr 7

Hyperparameter optimization

Hi, Currently the hyperparameter optimization support is implemented for MLLM and (simple) ensemble

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Hyperparameter optimization

Hi, Currently the hyperparameter optimization support is implemented for MLLM and (simple) ensemble

Apr 7

Javier 1882, juho.i...@helsinki.fi14

Apr 4

Having trouble while doing inference in Annif 1.3.0

Hi Juho, I'm happy to tell you that I could do inference with Annif 1.3.0 from Python, posting

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Having trouble while doing inference in Annif 1.3.0

Hi Juho, I'm happy to tell you that I could do inference with Annif 1.3.0 from Python, posting

Apr 4

juho.i...@helsinki.fi

Mar 24

Results of Annif users survey published

Dear all, Last November we organized a survey for Annif users, and now the results have been

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Results of Annif users survey published

Dear all, Last November we organized a survey for Annif users, and now the results have been

Mar 24

anna.k...@googlemail.com

Mar 20

Need for configuring selection options within (SKOS) vocabulary?

Dear Annif user community, we have a question: Vocabularies can be fed to Annif in various formats,

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Need for configuring selection options within (SKOS) vocabulary?

Dear Annif user community, we have a question: Vocabularies can be fed to Annif in various formats,

Mar 20

Paul Gapski, Osma Suominen6

Mar 19

Annif Language error

Hi Paul! Good that you got the vocabulary working! I think it would be helpful if you gave some more

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Annif Language error

Hi Paul! Good that you got the vocabulary working! I think it would be helpful if you gave some more

Mar 19

Unni Knutsen, anna.k...@googlemail.com2

Feb 20

Legal issues

Hello Unni! Oh boy -- this is a wiiiiide field which is the topic of a lot of hot discussions in our

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Legal issues

Hello Unni! Oh boy -- this is a wiiiiide field which is the topic of a lot of hot discussions in our

Feb 20

Javier 1882, Osma Suominen3

Feb 20

How to make an MLLM model for another language

Hello Osma, Apologies for the late reply, just saw your answer now. Sounds good! I've done a

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How to make an MLLM model for another language

Hello Osma, Apologies for the late reply, just saw your answer now. Sounds good! I've done a

Feb 20

Christoph Poley, … Osma Suominen6

Feb 18

Unexpected Annif downgrade while installing optional tools

Hi Osma, sorry for my late respons. Today, I installed Annif with python.3.12 and everthiny works as

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Unexpected Annif downgrade while installing optional tools

Hi Osma, sorry for my late respons. Today, I installed Annif with python.3.12 and everthiny works as

Feb 18

Uldis Bojars, … MJ Suhonos11

Feb 10

Annif on Apple silicon

Hi, Additional information about Annif getting downgraded on Apple silicon macOS: It may be related

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Annif on Apple silicon

Hi, Additional information about Annif getting downgraded on Apple silicon macOS: It may be related

Feb 10

juho.i...@helsinki.fi

Feb 10

ANN: Annif 1.3 released

Annif 1.3 has been released! https://github.com/NatLibFi/Annif/releases/tag/v1.3.0 This release

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ANN: Annif 1.3 released

Annif 1.3 has been released! https://github.com/NatLibFi/Annif/releases/tag/v1.3.0 This release

Feb 10

Ball, Osma Suominen4

Feb 7

Running Annif on multiple graphic cards

Hi Lucas! Thanks a lot for the details. Do you have separate validation and/or test sets for

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Running Annif on multiple graphic cards

Hi Lucas! Thanks a lot for the details. Do you have separate validation and/or test sets for

Feb 7