On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 07:38:02PM +0000, Martin Harrison wrote: > To be a truly effective as information gathering tool Freenet must have some > method for searching it. I propose you get old fashioned and use an > (self-regulating)index. > > How about a set of reserved key words such as "movies", "Mexican History", > "Political Science", etc. When a user posts a document he can choose to have > it listed in one or more appropriate key word list. These lists could be > managed the same as other documents. If noone added to or requested these > reserved keylists, they could be dumped. The list itself could also be > managed this way so that inappropriate postings on the key list would be > weeded out.
Searching is already in the works. As for key word lists, stuff like that is done with metadata. It is not functional yet, at least from what I know. -- Travis Bemann Sendmail is still screwed up on my box. My email address is really bemann at execpc.com. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 1235 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20000601/73a41028/attachment.pgp>
