What is contextual information?

Information we know that is relevant to an understanding of the text:

• The identity of things named in the text: people, places, books, etc.
• Information about things named in the text: birth dates, geographical locations, date published, etc.
• Interpretive information: themes, keywords
• Normalization of measurements, dates, etc.

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