#1062: Author search: Middle initial problem (initial versus full name) -----------------------+------------------- Reporter: hoc | Type: defect Status: new | Priority: major Component: WebSearch | Version: Keywords: | -----------------------+------------------- There's a problem with searching via initials versus full-names.
find a pi, s y not a Pi, So Young in SPIRES this has (correctly) a zero result, because all Pi, So Young should be indexed to Pi, S Y so this search would only find a non-zero result if there were, say, Pi, Shan Yu (and there isn't, all S.Y. Pi are So Young Pi). Looking at something where dashes aren't an issue: find a crewther, r j not a crewther, rodney james should find zero but instead finds all the papers not listing his full name. Compare this with the well-functioning situation for single initials: find a quigg, c not a quigg, chris finds zero because there's only one person who signs "Chris Quigg" or "C. Quigg" find a quigg, c not a quigg, curtis gets 113 of his 248 papers, it just weeds out the ones he's signed as "Chris Quigg" -- Ticket URL: <http://invenio-software.org/ticket/1062> Invenio <http://invenio-software.org>
