On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull <step...@xemacs.org>wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 12:24 PM, Shayan Md <mdosha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 5:05 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull <step...@xemacs.org > >wrote: > > >> And (2) search and retrieval may > >> do a *lot* of message access, for example if you want to do data > >> mining (see Ana from Spain's thread). > > > Isn't it the purpose of index? > > Yes, of course, but possibly it's not good enough. Yes, when you know > what "features" (eg, author) you want to index. Then you can use an > online algorithm, indexing messages as they come in. However, many > data mining methods are adaptive, meaning that they discover features > of the corpus over time (eg, through "Bayesian" algorithms) and then > wish to go back and reindex or cross-reference previously examined > messages based on more accurate feature specifications. > > As I say, if that's not your purpose, then you don't have to worry > about it. But in some cases it will matter (eg, pretend you're > Google, not just a GSoC student!) > Okay then, can you please tell me how we can put this search code in best use of mailman3? I have a proposal to write, I am getting unsure of things day by day. Can you also tell me who is the mentor of this project? > _______________________________________________ > Mailman-Developers mailing list > Mailman-Developers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers > Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 > Searchable Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/mdoshayan%40gmail.com > > Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 > _______________________________________________ Mailman-Developers mailing list Mailman-Developers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-developers Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-developers%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-developers/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9
