You can use phonetic search in databases that will help you tackle this very specific issue.
-----Original Message----- From: Karl Geppert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 8:14 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Newbie question Hi Jokin, Thanks for the pointer - I was working from the Manning Lucene book, expecting the differences not to be too large, and your pointer is of inestimable value. The main reason for approaching Lucene is to provide the matching for the Chemical names. Chemical names end up being of immense complexity and ambiguity. Persuading users to type exact strings is always problematic. Lucene appears to have better flexibility in its matching of terms than a relational database. Karl Jokin Cuadrado wrote: > may I'm missing something, but i think that lucene is not the best way > for searching in structured information. maybe a relational database > with a optimized structure would do the job better in this case. > > On 10/9/07, Karl Geppert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Second part of the question is in terms of searching for details >> regarding Chemicals in Lucene, at the moment I have planned to add the >> name and the index-number so we can identify the rest of the material. >> Should I add other fields of fixed-text regarding each material, such as >> CAS numbers (where there can be 1-50 of them), physical properties and >> so forth, or am I better/is it more efficient to stick to traditional >> search methods for these? >> >> Karl >> > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > This message has been checked for all known viruses by the > MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit > http://www.Hi-Speed.net.au > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan service. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.hi-speed.net.au ________________________________________________________________________
