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Sama Glossary

Updated at April 23rd, 2025

This is a auto-generated Article of all your definitions within the glossary.

Glossary

This is a auto-generated Article of all your definitions within the glossary.

  • Active canvas

    The specific canvas currently working on eg, in cases of sensor fusion, where the scene is presented in more than 1 output, and will be affected by the toolbar actions.

  • Add shape

    Means to add fused shapes of the same object in the same or different canvas.

  • Annotated asset

    An asset (lmage, video, or document) that has added information to provide context, explanations, or identifications.

  • Attached objects

    Linked objects that have an association.

  • Data collection

    Logical regroupement of assets based on specific criteria or parameters.

  • Embeddings

    Vector encoding the asset, fused asset or a shape (shape + crop asset) representation Metadata that does not have sense on its own (embeddings). Need to be compared to other assets

  • Metadata

    Assets characteristics existing in assets description.

  • Multiple canvas

    Fused projects where the same scene is presented in more than 1 output.

  • Object

    An item that exists in a scene and belongs to a class.

  • Object list

    List of identified objects in the scene through shape creation.

  • Object taxonomy

    Object is defined by a class, attributes and shapes types.

  • Output

    All deliverables that are tracked, managed, and utilized within the platform as a result of the annotation process.

  • Parent objects

    A single shape that represents objects with multiple parts within it.

  • Pre-computed metadata

    Assets characteristics that can have sense on a unit assets (brightness, sharpness, etc.)

  • Prediction

    The output generated by a model that has been trained on historical data.

  • Scene taxonomy

    The categorization of scenes or layouts.

  • Single canvas

    Non-fused projects where the scene is presented in only 1 output.

  • Split view

    The layout is divided into two areas to show 3D and 2D side by side.

  • Taxonomy

    A system of classification, a way to organize and categorize object and scene based on shared attributes.

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