8. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising: creating a parse tree including the one or more of the plurality of segments of the text that have been classified; and traversing the parse tree to convert the temporal data in the parse tree into the structured representation of the temporal data.
8. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising: creating a parse tree including the one or more of the plurality of segments of the text that have been classified; and traversing the parse tree to convert the temporal data in the parse tree into the structured representation of the temporal data. 10. The method as recited in claim 8 , wherein the one or more rules further include one or more grammar production rules, wherein creating a parse tree comprises applying the one or more grammar production rules to the one or more of the plurality of segments of the text that have been classified to label one or more intermediate nodes of the parse tree with one or more non-terminal labels representing one or more temporal entities conforming to the schematic rules.