Hello, Ernesto, > I'd like to use GIFT for a new-media application I'm working on, and I'd > like to know how GIFT behave with the following:
> - how do I add new images to an already existing collection? Currently the way to go is to run gift-add-collection.pl again. This is not runtime. > - is it possible to add those new images runtime? "Possible" has two possible meanings. 1. "Possible with the current code?" No, the current code does not support runtime adding of images. 2. "Possible at all?" Yes, of course. http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=1099739 seems to me a good way to go, if you want efficiency. If efficiency is not a major concern, it might be a good idea to do some double-buffering kind of approach: When generating a new inverted file for a collection that has been indexed before, you do so without touching the original inverted file. Once the new inverted file is generated, you simply mv the new inverted file over the old one. In addition to that, you check at each query, if the modification time of the inverted file has changed. If so, you reread the inverted file before processing the query. I have been asked for this a couple of times, lately, but I was too swamped to respond properly. If you are interested in getting this solved, please use this list to get an effort in this direction going. I will be glad to help by answering questions. Cheers, Wolfgang -- Dr. Wolfgang Müller LS Medieninformatik Universität Bamberg Check out the SIG MM web site http://www.sigmm.org _______________________________________________ help-GIFT mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gift
