ntral. Networking issue? Port
issue? IE PDF plug-in? Invalid HTTP headers? On-campus versus off-campus issue?
Could some of y'all try to load some of the URLs with IE and tell me your
experience? Other suggestions would be greatly appreciated as well.
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On Aug 29, 2011, at 3:38 PM, James Gilbert wrote:
> Works fine on my computer... Are both Adobe Reader and Windows Updates
> current?
>
> I had this issue on a book-keeper's computer... installed more recent
> version of Adobe Reader, and seemed to fix it.
I don't know if things are up-to-date o
server", we will write a piece of intermediary software to act as a go
between. This isn't really a big deal since all of our other implementations of
Fedora are expected to work in the same way. Wish us luck.
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lifeandliterature.org/p/code-challenge.html
Interesting, and I see a growing number of these sorts of "challenges". Fun! Is
there a prize?
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plotting place names on a world maps.
http://bit.ly/ojWmzN
For more information about the DPLA, see -- http://bit.ly/irjzqO
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gt; Let's accept that and move on.
I concur. Let's accept that and move on.
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> Are there any ground rules or terms of use for this list... All I can
> find is this:
>
> https://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0312&L=CODE4LIB&T=0&F=&S=&P=61
Now that is one h3ll of a policy, if I do say so myself! --ELM
condition. Really.
I'm serious.
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On Sep 28, 2011, at 2:29 PM, Michael J. Giarlo wrote:
> P.S. Perhaps those who take issue with Mr. Tennant's listserv
> etiquette and ethics can take this up privately?
I concur. Let's please talk about code and libraries.
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Are any of you able to open the following URL with an Android-based tablet
device:
http://dh.crc.nd.edu/sandbox/cyl/corpus/canarybird00schm.pdf
I have harvested about 60 PDF documents from the Internet Archive, and I
created a rudimentary tablet-based interface to the collection here:
http:/
On Oct 3, 2011, at 10:26 AM, Dave Caroline wrote:
> It is educational to look at memory use in the pc when that pdf is loaded.
> Evince here is using 600meg do you have space for such objects on
> these little toys
>
> try something like diva so you dont suck the resources dry on the client
Plea
Most people seem to have mixed results when trying to open the PDF files on
their tablet-based (Android and iOS) devices. Bummer! These PDF files were
harvested from the Internet Archive. They seem to be viewable just fine for
desktop machines, but not tablets.
The number of files I have in the
On Oct 3, 2011, at 11:12 AM, Dave Caroline wrote:
> Diva was announced here of 6th of June
> https://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1106&L=CODE4LIB&T=0&F=&S=&P=27064
>
> The clever part is you only send the visible part at the scale they
> are viewing so little excess bandwidth.
>
> For online
On Oct 3, 2011, at 11:32 AM, Demian Katz wrote:
> Additionally, I notice that there are different versions of the PDF here:
>
> http://www.archive.org/details/canarybird00schm
>
> (one labeled PDF, another B/W PDF)
>
> Does one version work better on tablets than the other?
At first glance, t
In Perl, how do I specify MARC-8 when reading (decoding) and writing (encoding)
data?
Character encoding is the bane of my existence. I have learned that when
reading from a file I ought to specify the type of encoding the file is in and
decode accordingly, or else. Once read, it is converted i
On Oct 24, 2011, at 2:34 PM, Doran, Michael D wrote:
>> In Perl, how do I specify MARC-8 when reading (decoding) and writing
>> (encoding) data?
>
> You can't. MARC-8 is a character set that is unknown to the operating
> system. Your best bet is to convert MARC-8-encoded records into UTF-8.
On Oct 24, 2011, at 3:03 PM, Jon Gorman wrote:
> yaz-marcdump -f MARC-8 -t UTF-8 -o marc -l 9=97 marc21.raw >marc21.utf8.raw
This worked great! My version of yaz-marcdump was older and was not doing the
trick. code4lib++
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Head of Systems Librarian -- Milner Library, Illinois State University:
This position is responsible for planning, implementing, overseeing, and
evaluating the services, projects, systems, and other resources of the Web
Services and End-Us
IMHO, the idea of intellectual "property" on things that can be duplicated
without any sort of degradation -- like software -- is absolutely absurd and
bogus. --Eric Morgan
r programs. All the hundreds of others are
simply variations on themes."
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Ironically, I had (or there was) some trouble with the term
"MyLibrary@NCState". Granted, the term was originally a variation of My
Netscape, My Yahoo, and My Deja News, but all sorts of things followed it, like
MyiLibrary, the Google Books My Library, and then there was a ALA thing. I'm
not ne
I too got a cease and desisted letter almost twenty years ago. I wrote a CGI
script that would calculate the phase of the moon. I called it LunaTick. The
letter was from a lawyer defending a trademark for a fishing lure. --Eric Morgan
The mailing list includes approximately 1800 people:
http://infomotions.com/blog/2011/03/where-in-the-world-is-the-mail-going/
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While I will not be able to attend, there sure were a lot of cool domain names
in that announcement:
* http://serials.lt
* http://lrs.lt
* http://uniqueids.org
* http://openlib.org/
* http://authorprofile.org
+1
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The following is a specific position description that may be of interest to our
community. 'Past along by request. --ELM
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Job_openings/Software_Developer_Frontend
Job Title: Software Developer
Reports To: Director of Features
Job Purpose
As a software engine
Here is a link to additional position announcements, again, forwarded by
request. --ELM
https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Job_openings
Senior Software Engineer Frontend
Systems Engineer - Data Analytics
Software Developer Backend
Software Developer Frontend
QA Lead
Director
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What are the sorts of hardware and software requirements for hosting
code4lib.org? I own a co-located host that I might be able to do the job,
maybe.
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I have a single co-located host and I get ping, power, pipe, and air
conditioned comfort for $75/month. I haven't seen nor touched my (Linux) server
in more than four or five years, and I might have restarted it four times.
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some trickery I can use with the
definition of $host and/or $database?
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(574) 631-8604
On Jun 25, 2008, at 11:21 AM, Nate Vack wrote:
$ ssh -T -L 3306:mysql.example.org:3306 [EMAIL PROTECTED] &
$ mysql -h mysql.example.org
Yeah -- this is (probably) the way you want to do it, though. You'll
need to:
* Set up SSH keys such that building the tunnel doesn't prompt for a
passw
-- extensions of the standard -- or really a part of MARC?
Moreover, does something like Marc4J or MARC::Batch and friends deal
with these alpha field names correctly?
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On Jun 25, 2008, at 4:37 PM, Steve Oberg wrote:
Ok. What's allowable/possible vs. what is actually defined as part of
variable MARC data fields in say MARC21. I'm amused by the
hairsplitting. The bottom line is these particular fields are ALEPH
specific and are not part of MARC21. I agree with
On Jun 25, 2008, at 7:27 PM, Hahn, Harvey wrote:
Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
Who ever heard of an indicator being longer than two characters long?
Byte 10 (zero origin) of the MARC leader specifies the number of
indicator characters. MARC21 and its predecessors have always
specified
2, but
//tinyurl.com/6ktxot
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thing like this easily?
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University of Notre Dame
hat WHERE field LIKE "%foo%" Moreover,
IMHO, relational databases are the technological bread & butter of
librarianship these days. Blissful ignorance does the profession
little good.
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Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame
Tri-Co Web DeveloperAD.doc
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On Aug 13, 2008, at 4:05 PM, Kevin S. Clarke wrote:
I'd also be interested in seeing further discussion on this list, like
Ed said, if you or others go ahead with this idea (local code4libs).
Also, I'd be interested in working with others in North Carolina if
there are folks here who'd be inter
Here is a bit of Code4Lib mailing list administratativia.
First of all, our membership is now over a thousand people. While the
NGC4Lib mailing list has more subscribers, the Code4Lib mailing lists
grows at a steady and constant rate. The growth of the NGC4Lib list
has s l o o o w e d dow
.
But I must admit, the genre is not definitive.
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7;t hesitate to drop me a line. I don't mind answering
questions about the position.
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Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame
(574) 631-8604
nce for an upcoming issue.
If you would like to share your thoughts with the readers of Ariadne,
then drop a line to the editor, Richard Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
I'm sure Richard will welcome your input.
[1] http://access2008.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca/
[2] http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/
when they come to
the Portal Camp? What hotel?
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1. Alexander Inn - http://www.alexanderinn.com/
2. Sheraton - http://www.philadelphiasheraton.com/
I have not compared prices but the Sheraton is closer. I have also
created the tiniest of Google Maps. See:
http://tinyurl.com/4zajt9
Feel free is season it to taste.
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It looks as if the University of Pennsylvania is having an event on or
around the same time as the VUFind event, and that is why things are
filling/full up. FYI. I believe it is better make reservations sooner
rather than later.
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[This job announcement is being forwarded along by request. --ELM]
Digital Initiatives Outreach Librarian
The University of Vermont Libraries seeks a service-oriented,
innovative, and energetic librarian for the position of Digital
Initiatives Outreach Librarian. The Institute for Museum a
C Exchange
In what way is USMARC different from any of the formats above, and is it
possible to use the MARC::Record family of modules to write flavors of MARC
other than USMARC.
(Alternatively, maybe instead I need to turn strict and warning on and
filter out any bad records. Hmmm... )
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re
out whether nor not this is part of the issue...
marc::lint++
bryan.baldus++
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On 1/22/09 1:02 PM, "Ed Summers" wrote:
> Wow, this sounds too good to be true. Perhaps this is premature, but
> do you think there might be interest in hosting a code4lib2010 in the
> Netherlands? (he asks selfishly).
>
> I see you started a wiki page [1]. If at any point you want
> nl.code4lib
On 1/22/09 1:02 PM, "Ed Summers" wrote:
> Wow, this sounds too good to be true. Perhaps this is premature, but
> do you think there might be interest in hosting a code4lib2010 in the
> Netherlands? (he asks selfishly).
On another note, there is already a library conference that is apparently
ver
on records with the following error where UTF-8 is
denoted but include MARC8 characters:
utf8 "\xE8" does not map to Unicode at
/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i686-linux/Encode.pm line 166.
Upon looking at the raw MARC see the the offending record includes the word
Münich. What can I do to transform MARC8 data into UTF-8? What can I do to
trap the error above, and skip these invalid records?
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actic validation if not also semantic validation. Oh
well.
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et rid of the while loop and slurp up yaz-marcdump's output in
one go?
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best solution. Thanks.
jay.luker++
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University of Notre Dame
library catalog/index
4. And you can figure out the rest
Such a thing would be complementary to the article-level metadata available
from the DOAJ. Hmmm... ticTOC++
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Head, Digital Access and Information Architecture Department
Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame
(574) 631-8604
could also include other OAI-accessible content, or content
extracted from mirrored journal literature.
In short, library as bibliographic index publisher.
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advocate existing protocols.
[1] http://www.diglib.org/architectures/ilsdi/
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Head, Digital Access and Information Architecture Department
Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame
(574) 631-8604
suggest this be an
annual award given at each Code4Lib
conference.
These are just suggestions to get us started. What do you think? Consider
sharing your thoughts as comments below, in channel, or on the Code4Lib
mailing list.
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University of Notre Dame
On 3/5/09 7:52 PM, "Eric Morgan" wrote:
> As a community, let's establish the Code4Lib Open Source Software Award...
Thank you for the feedback, and please keep it coming. I am saving the
comments for future reference so I don't miss anything.
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(what) "wins".
[1] http://www.nzosa.org.nz/
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hich an award can be granted.
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y don't and I ask your forbearance.
To unsubscribe from the list send the following message to
lists...@listserv.nd.edu:
unsubscribe code4lib
A bit more complete instructions are available online:
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he TI-99A, or whatever.) I don't
really need backup. I don't really need a Web server. Maybe I could use
these computers as some sort of CPU Farm to do some sort of interesting
computing.
Any suggestions?
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://listserv.nd.edu/archives/code4lib.html
That's all.
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[Posted on behalf of Jennifer Younger, this is an additional
announcement regarding the OCLC data sharing policy survey. Please
consider completing the survey (http://tinyurl.com/ctptuy). --ELM]
Dear Colleague:
As chair of the OCLC Review Board on Shared Data Creation and
Stewardship, I
On Apr 7, 2009, at 1:15 PM, Karen Coyle wrote:
Absolutely. The catalogers are still creating a textual document, not
data. At best you can mark up the text, as we do with the MARC
record...
Listen... What you hear from over here is the sound of a very heavy
sigh coming from a computer ty
o see all of these
content silos (and others) brought together into a single (Solr/
Lucene) index and searched simultaneously. I'm not sure, but I think
this is how Summon works.
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Head, Digital Access and Information Architecture Department
Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame
g as the content of "next generation" library
catalogs. [1]
[1] http://www.library.nd.edu/daiad/morgan/musings/ngc-in-15-minutes/
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University of Notre Dame
ot;foo bar"
Unfortunately my local implementation seems to interpret this in a
rather regular expression sort of way -- "* foo bar *". Does anybody
out there know how to create a more exact query? I only want to find
titles exactly equalling "foo bar".
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University of Notre Dame
On Apr 27, 2009, at 5:13 PM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
What are the ways to accomplish exact title searches with z39.50?
Thank you for all the prompt and helpful replies. The most precise and
complete "magic incantation" came from Larry Dixon of the Library of
Congress:
Exac
[Forwarded upon request --ELM]
(apologies for cross-postings)
Colleagues, Microsoft Research will be hosting a workshop at the Open
Repositories '09 meeting in Atlanta, GA on from 1-6pm on Thursday, May
21st (https://or09.library.gatech.edu/workshops.php). A preliminary
description below,
pping
app, and
I'm wondering if this can be used or repurposed, or if there's a
better
place to begin.
Consider Semapedia, funny looking barcodes to map the physical world
objects to the Webbed world:
http://en.semapedia.org/
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How might I go about exploiting Z39.50 to extract specific MARC
records from a library catalog?
More precisely, I am trying to download sets of MARC records from
remote library catalogs destined for a sort of union catalog. I see
each of these records being identified with a specific string
[ /me is creating an email filter/rule against the Code4Lib mailing
list to automatically delete messages whose subject lines contain "One
Data Format Identifier" because he has acquired carpal tunnel syndrome
after pressing the delete key so often. ]
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nd governmental
organizations from around the world that helps build a permanent
archive of multilingual digitized texts and multimedia materials.
Everybody is welcome. There is no registration fee or form. For more
details, please see the website:
http://www.library.nd.edu/symposium/
:
http://www.library.nd.edu/symposium/
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Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame
(574) 631-8604
On May 19, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
I applaud the Internet Archive and the Open Content Alliance's
efforts. archive.org++
Try this hack with Google Books, not.
$ echo http://ia300206.us.archive.org/3/items/librariesreaders00fostuoft/
> libraries.urls
$ e
On May 20, 2009, at 3:47 PM, st...@archive.org wrote:
I don't see how bashing Google (which is NOT what the
library association briefs are doing, btw) for gaps in US
and international Copyright Law(orphan works, for example)
will end up helping libraries.
i think the concern is that the settle
On Jun 4, 2009, at 11:33 AM, Nicolas Morin wrote:
...I want to make sure that the code4lib community finds it
appropriate
that we use the code4lib "space" to setup something that's going to be
tied to another conference (ELAG). I don't think there's an issue
here, but I want to make sure no on
only
confuses the issue and is asking for trouble down the road.
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On May 14, 2009, at 9:10 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
[Please excuse the cross-postings. --ELM]
The Hesburgh Libraries of the University of Notre Dame is sponsoring a
mini-symposium on the topic of mass digitization one week from today,
Thursday, May 21 from 1 - 4:30. You are invited.
The
and passes the
environment variable PATH_INFO along? I suppose I need to use
mod_rewrite somehow. No?
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(574) 631-8604
On Jun 30, 2009, at 10:40 PM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
Can someone here help me with a tricky Apache mod_rewrite
configuration?
Thank you for all the helpful replies, both on and off list. Very
interesting, and not as straight-forward as I would like.
Call me lazy, but since my script
[5] http://infomotions.com:2020/sparql
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University of Notre Dame
s sans the
advertising, etc.
Being a new company and very open to all things... open, I believe the
folks at OpenPHI are open to constructive criticism on how to provide
viable library services to... libraries.
[1] http://www.openphi.com/
[2] http://www.healthlibrarian.net/
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convenience of having this index packaged for us. If not, then
there never would have been a market of Poole's original periodical
index.
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(574) 631-8604
order expose
them more systematically and in a way that can truly be called linked
data?
[1]
http://infomotions.com/etexts/literature/english/1500-1599/more-utopia-221.rdf
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On Jul 20, 2009, at 6:15 PM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
What process would I need to go through in order to expose sets of RDF
files as linked data?...
Thank you for the replies, and I still have a lot to read up on.
In the meantime, I wrote a 25 line Perl script [1] that takes a key as
On Jul 21, 2009, at 11:14 PM, Wayne Lam wrote:
I am new in here and i am currently worked in the library too. I
am always confused that when i read the post in here, there are
always something i don't understand and there are so much to
learn.
So, the question is, hows everybody learns to be a
. What's your take?
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Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame
(574) 631-8604
I suggest Richard Stahlman because: 1) he has repeatedly expressed an
interest in attending, and 2) he apparently wants to tell us the real/
true meaning of free and open source software.
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you could use that
as a guide to save your file
Good luck.
[1] similar process -
http://infomotions.com/blog/2009/06/interent-archive-content-in-discovery-systems/
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.foolabs.com/xpdf/
[4] Solr - http://lucene.apache.org/solr/
[5] module source code - http://infomotions.com/highlights/Highlights.pl
[6] user interface - http://infomotions.com/highlights/highlights.cgi
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Head, Digital Access and I
Eric Morgan wrote:
http://infomotions.com/highlights/
Rosalyn Metz wrote:
I have librarians that would kill for this. In fact I was talking to
one about it the other day. She felt there must be a way to handle
active reading and make it portable. This would be great in
conjunction with
"add value" to the articles and redistribute
them as well as provide links to the original.
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On Sep 17, 2009, at 9:27 AM, Rosalyn Metz wrote:
...staff v. user perspectives...
Boy, if staff versus user perspectives is not an issue, then I don't
know what is!
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some of the things I need to watch out
for?
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ing just to count words!
Is there someway I could short-circuit the foreach loop? I saw
Lingua::Stem::Snowball's stem_in_place method, but to use it I must
pass it an array disassociating my keys from their values.
Second, is there a way I can make the stemming more aggressive? For
examp
On Oct 12, 2009, at 10:27 PM, Benjamin Florin wrote:
> foreach my $word (keys %words)
> {
> $words_stems{$stemmer->stem($word)} += $words{$word};
> }
>
> foreach my $idea (@ideas)
> {
> my $idea_stem = $stemmer->stem( $idea );
> print "$idea ($idea_stem)\n";
> print $words_
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