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Ball

Jan 15

Vectorizer for Xtrasnformer

Hi all, We ran into a weird issue when trying to do evaluation on a trained Xtransformer model. Annif

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Vectorizer for Xtrasnformer

Hi all, We ran into a weird issue when trying to do evaluation on a trained Xtransformer model. Annif

Jan 15

osma.s...@helsinki.fi

Jan 15

Heads up: switch from Poetry to uv for Annif dependency management

Hi all, this is for those of you who have set up Annif development installations using the Poetry

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Heads up: switch from Poetry to uv for Annif dependency management

Hi all, this is for those of you who have set up Annif development installations using the Poetry

Jan 15

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

Jan 12

High NDCG vs. Low F1@5

Dear Juho and Micsik Heartfelt thanks for your kind response and sound guidance as always. Yes Juho,

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High NDCG vs. Low F1@5

Dear Juho and Micsik Heartfelt thanks for your kind response and sound guidance as always. Yes Juho,

Jan 12

Jennifer D'Souza, Osma Suominen3

Jan 8

running the annif models developed for the GermEval LLMs4Subjects shared task

Hi Osma, thanks a lot for the instructions within the individual issues. I will try them out in the

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running the annif models developed for the GermEval LLMs4Subjects shared task

Hi Osma, thanks a lot for the instructions within the individual issues. I will try them out in the

Jan 8

MJ Suhonos, Osma Suominen2

Jan 7

Subject inclusion/exclusion and ensembles

Hi MJ, This kind of use for inclusion/exclusion in ensembles was indeed one of the intended use cases

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Subject inclusion/exclusion and ensembles

Hi MJ, This kind of use for inclusion/exclusion in ensembles was indeed one of the intended use cases

Jan 7

Mohamad Mmdouh, Kähler, Maximilian2

Jan 5

Fail to run XTransformer using pre-trained gnd-all-xtransformer-en on colab

Dear Mohamad, great to hear that there is interest in working with the Xtransformer Backend.

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Fail to run XTransformer using pre-trained gnd-all-xtransformer-en on colab

Dear Mohamad, great to hear that there is interest in working with the Xtransformer Backend.

Jan 5

christelann...@gmail.com

12/19/25

Installation fails on Windows with Python 3.12 - missing import os and incorrect DLL naming

Dear all, Not sure how I should mention an error that I encountered when I was installing Umikuji.

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Installation fails on Windows with Python 3.12 - missing import os and incorrect DLL naming

Dear all, Not sure how I should mention an error that I encountered when I was installing Umikuji.

12/19/25

MJ Suhonos, Osma Suominen2

11/17/25

Introducing cannif

Hello MJ, thank you for sharing, this is awesome! -Osma On 07/11/2025 18:15, MJ Suhonos wrote: >

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Introducing cannif

Hello MJ, thank you for sharing, this is awesome! -Osma On 07/11/2025 18:15, MJ Suhonos wrote: >

11/17/25

osma.s...@helsinki.fi

11/7/25

ANN: Annif 1.4.1

Annif 1.4.1 has been released! https://github.com/NatLibFi/Annif/releases/tag/v1.4.1 This is a patch

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ANN: Annif 1.4.1

Annif 1.4.1 has been released! https://github.com/NatLibFi/Annif/releases/tag/v1.4.1 This is a patch

11/7/25

Uldis Bojars, Osma Suominen2

11/3/25

Annif MLLM error

Hi Uldis! I suspect that your model and vocabulary are out of sync. The model suggests a subject with

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Annif MLLM error

Hi Uldis! I suspect that your model and vocabulary are out of sync. The model suggests a subject with

11/3/25

Uldis Bojars, juho.i...@helsinki.fi3

10/28/25

Error during hyperparameter optimization

Hi Juho! You are right – hyperopt works fine with the --jobs 1 option. Is there anything I can do to

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Error during hyperparameter optimization

Hi Juho! You are right – hyperopt works fine with the --jobs 1 option. Is there anything I can do to

10/28/25

Ball, Kähler, Maximilian4

10/22/25

Xtransformer backend - Out of memory error

Dear Lucas, the parameters you copied are meant to work with a much smaller classification problem, I

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Xtransformer backend - Out of memory error

Dear Lucas, the parameters you copied are meant to work with a much smaller classification problem, I

10/22/25

Christian Oppermann, juho.i...@helsinki.fi2

10/15/25

"Illegal instruction (core dumped)"-error in Annif tutorial

Dear Christian, Strange that this started to occur after Annif has already been working fine. Maybe

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"Illegal instruction (core dumped)"-error in Annif tutorial

Dear Christian, Strange that this started to occur after Annif has already been working fine. Maybe

10/15/25

Annif Users

9/30/25

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!

9/30/25

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

9/4/25

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

9/4/25

Annif Users

8/28/25

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

8/28/25

Thomas Guignard

8/21/25

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

8/21/25

Ball, Lakshmi rb2

8/15/25

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

8/15/25

Teemu Nuutinen, … Osma Suominen3

7/29/25

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

7/29/25

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

7/29/25

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

7/29/25

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

7/16/25

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

7/16/25

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

7/15/25

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-

7/15/25

P Stacey

7/6/25

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-

7/6/25

Tobias Bülte, Osma Suominen2

6/5/25

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

6/5/25

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

6/3/25

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

6/3/25

Jennifer D'Souza

5/23/25

[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

5/23/25

Sven Sass, Osma Suominen3

5/21/25

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/

5/21/25

Gabriel Souzs, Osma Suominen2

5/13/25

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

5/13/25

Annif Users

5/8/25

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

5/8/25

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

5/2/25

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.

5/2/25