I expected this would be a subject that would bring out input from a lot of
people. Right now this list numbers 65 people, and only a few messages have
flashed back and forth.
I'll sum up the requirements we have so far. Are there any others? Are
there some on the list that we *don't* really need? Is it safe for me to
assume this is the requirements we want in our specification?
Andrew's list:
* phrase searching
* fuzzy searching (basically as it is now)
* use of "+" or "-" as prefix to search words (ala altavista)
* use of "near" as a method to determine relations between search words
* cross platform (unix, nt)
* ability to search only in specific areas of documents (title, headers, etc)
* better relevance ranking
* faster results generation for searches returning many hits
Mine:
* Collections of databases
* Parallel indexing and searching (no need for alternate files or htmerge)
* Multithreading support (some sort of locking for writes)
* Removing duplicate documents
* Referer links (e.g. AltaVista-style link:)
* Search for "more like" or "similar to" (a la Excite)
* On-the-fly editing of search factors (without needing to rebuild the db)
(I also forgot to include)
* Flexible backend (use Berkeley DB, *SQL, Oracle, etc.)
* Internationalization (e.g. Chinese support, probably through Unicode)
-Geoff
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