Method

Specifies how the entity's value is obtained from the document.

Enums
METHOD_UNSPECIFIEDUnspecified method. It defaults toEXTRACT.
EXTRACTThe entity's value is directly extracted as-is from the document text.
DERIVEThe entity's value is derived through inference and is not necessarily an exact text extraction from the document.

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Last updated 2026-02-19 UTC.