thanks for the replies... the problem with Synonyms is that they would need to be tracked... there could be new words entered that will need to be added to the list on a regular basis...
@Otis: As for the option of a custom TokenFilter, how would that work? i have not coded anything into Solr or any custom TokenFilters my self... I am sure theres documentation on this, but how would you think this should work? Thanks. --Tiernan On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 9:01 PM, Brandon Ramirez < brandon_rami...@elementk.com> wrote: > Could this be simulated through synonyms? Could you define "CD" as a > synonym of "Compact Disc" or vice versa? I'm not sure if that would work, > just brainstorming here... > > > Brandon Ramirez | Office: 585.214.5413 | Fax: 585.295.4848 > Software Engineer II | Element K | www.elementk.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tiernan OToole [mailto:lsmart...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 5:10 AM > To: solr-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: getting solr to expand Acronym > > Dont know if this is posible, but i need to ask anyway... Say we have a > list of Acronyms in a database (CD, DVD, CPU) and also a list of their not > so short names (Compact Disk, Digital Versitile Disk, Central Processing > Unit) but they are not linked in any particular way (lost of items, some > with full names, some using anronyms), is it posible for Solr to figure out > CD is an Acronym of Compact Disk? I know CD could also mean Central Data, > or anything that beings with C and D, but is there a way to tell solr to > look for items that not only match CD, but have words next to each other > that begin with C and D... Another example i can think of is IBM: It could > be International Business Machines, or Irish Business Machines, or Irish > Banking Machines... > > So, would that be posible? > > -- > Tiernan O'Toole > blog.lotas-smartman.net > www.geekphotographer.com > www.tiernanotoole.ie > -- Tiernan O'Toole blog.lotas-smartman.net www.geekphotographer.com www.tiernanotoole.ie
