Geoff Hutchison wrote:
>
> I expected this would be a subject that would bring out input from a lot of
> people. Right now this list numbers 65 people, and only a few messages have
> flashed back and forth.
>
> I'll sum up the requirements we have so far. Are there any others? Are
> there some on the list that we *don't* really need? Is it safe for me to
> assume this is the requirements we want in our specification?
>
> Andrew's list:
> * phrase searching
> * fuzzy searching (basically as it is now)
> * use of "+" or "-" as prefix to search words (ala altavista)
> * use of "near" as a method to determine relations between search words
> * cross platform (unix, nt)
> * ability to search only in specific areas of documents (title, headers, etc)
> * better relevance ranking
> * faster results generation for searches returning many hits
>
> Mine:
> * Collections of databases
> * Parallel indexing and searching (no need for alternate files or htmerge)
> * Multithreading support (some sort of locking for writes)
> * Removing duplicate documents
> * Referer links (e.g. AltaVista-style link:)
> * Search for "more like" or "similar to" (a la Excite)
> * On-the-fly editing of search factors (without needing to rebuild the db)
>
> (I also forgot to include)
> * Flexible backend (use Berkeley DB, *SQL, Oracle, etc.)
> * Internationalization (e.g. Chinese support, probably through Unicode)
>
Is this list of requirements still only for database related things?
--
Andrew Scherpbier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Contigo Software <http://www.contigo.com/>
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