Ability to retrieve a type by its short name #312
Description
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Dealing with long type names is a bit of a hassle. In particular for beginners, it would be nicer if one could use the short name e.g. when selecting annotations from a CAS.
Describe the solution you'd like
It should be possible to use non-ambiguous short names instead of a Type instance or fully qualified name in places where a type is required.