Descriptorboth

Descriptorboth is a term used in certain linguistic annotation and information-structuring frameworks to denote a single descriptor token that encodes two simultaneous attributes of a referent. It serves as a compact representation intended to capture a pair of feature values that commonly co-occur in natural language or metadata.

In linguistic annotation, descriptorboth is employed to model phrases where two descriptive properties apply to the same noun, such as size and color, yielding a unified annotation unit rather than two separate descriptors. This approach can aid parsing and semantic interpretation by maintaining a direct link between the two attributes and the same referent, reducing ambiguity during downstream processing.

In data modelling and natural language processing, descriptorboth entries may store a dual feature vector, enabling dual filtering, search, or retrieval. Implementations vary: some use a structured field that holds the two components, while others treat descriptorboth as a single token that references the paired attributes. The concept is often discussed in the context of multi-attribute annotation, feature fusion, or compact metadata representations.

Descriptorboth is related to, but distinct from, generic descriptors and from separate-attribute annotations such as descriptor pairs. It is sometimes used interchangeably with terms like dual descriptor or compound descriptor in specific corpora or projects, though its exact formalization is not universally standardized.

See also: descriptors, multi-attribute annotation, feature fusion, descriptor pair.