Hi Thomas-- You might want to take a look at the Music Library Association Music Discovery Requirements website. https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/BlankCustom.asp?page=mdr_es
It is fairly specialized and geared towards library systems rather than general search engines but I think it's an excellent example of how to write up the specs, and when specs work for music, they work for pretty much everything. Jen Jennifer Olson (she/her) Technical Services Librarian Allen Library University of Hartford 200 Bloomfield Ave L142a West Hartford, CT 06117 jol...@hartford.edu | 860.768.4625 -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries <CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG> On Behalf Of Thomas Guignard Sent: Tuesday, August 1, 2023 8:57 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG Subject: [External]: Search specs examples CAUTION: This is from a gmail account. Please be sure this is who you think they are. Use caution when clicking links. When in doubt, contact the helpdesk. ---------------------- Information from the mail header ----------------------- Sender: Code for Libraries <CODE4LIB@LISTS.CLIR.ORG> Poster: Thomas Guignard <thomas.guign...@gmail.com> Subject: Search specs examples ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello I'm looking for examples of functional requirements/specifications for search engines for a project that I'm working on. The aim is to provide web developers with a reference as to how search should function, what fields in a database should be queried, how to handle wildcards, stop words, operators, etc. If someone has examples of something like this that they've used in the past, or of general specs that can be used as a starting point for our project, that would be much appreciated. Many thanks in advance! Thomas
