normalize-entities.md

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Creating a custom configuration to add canonical names

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You can configure {{site.data.keyword.discoveryshort}} service to include normalized entities, also known as canonical names, in the output of your queries. {: shortdesc}

Note: This feature is not currently supported with {{site.data.keyword.nlushort}} enrichments. It is supported if you are using {{site.data.keyword.alchemylanguageshort}} enrichments. Details on configuring this feature with {{site.data.keyword.alchemylanguageshort}} enrichments can be found in Creating a custom configuration to normalize {{site.data.keyword.alchemylanguageshort}} entities.