16. An apparatus, comprising: a processor; and a memory, at least one of the processor or the memory being adapted for: obtaining text from a file or website; assigning a label to one or more of a plurality of segments of the text such that each of the one or more of the plurality of segments of the text is classified as temporal data in one of a plurality of classes of temporal data; and applying one or more rules to the one or more segments of the text that have been classified as temporal data to generate a structured representation of the temporal data such that the temporal data is associated with an entity; wherein the rules include one or more schematic rules, wherein each of the schematic rules pertains to one or more of the plurality of classes of temporal data and indicates a structure in which temporal data in the corresponding one or more of the plurality of classes is to be stored.
16. An apparatus, comprising: a processor; and a memory, at least one of the processor or the memory being adapted for: obtaining text from a file or website; assigning a label to one or more of a plurality of segments of the text such that each of the one or more of the plurality of segments of the text is classified as temporal data in one of a plurality of classes of temporal data; and applying one or more rules to the one or more segments of the text that have been classified as temporal data to generate a structured representation of the temporal data such that the temporal data is associated with an entity; wherein the rules include one or more schematic rules, wherein each of the schematic rules pertains to one or more of the plurality of classes of temporal data and indicates a structure in which temporal data in the corresponding one or more of the plurality of classes is to be stored. 20. The apparatus as recited in claim 16 , wherein applying one or more schematic rules comprises: applying one or more nested schematic entities such that a first one of the one or more schematic entities is applied to temporal data satisfying a second one of the one or more schematic entities.