Hello: [This is not an intentional cross-posting. I posted this same question to the 'general' lucene list; replies there suggested that I'd have better/quicker responses using this list instead.]
I'm investigating Lucene as a replacement for a special-purpose search technology that was developed long before Lucene (or any of the current IR libraries) became available. The use case involves so-called print streams. Imagine 20,000 statements concatenated into one large file suitable for delivery to a print system. The document formats vary, but include AFP (an IBM printer format), PCL (an HP format), Postscript, PDF, and even "plain-text". The indexing application must track the total page count of the embedded statements. On a hit, the search application must extract and return the [possibly multi-page] statement embedded within the larger print-stream file. How would the search application know (be informed by the Lucene/indexer) the extent of the internal document(s)? I'm not seeing this scenario discussed in forums or books. Does anyone have comments or thoughts on Lucene's applicability as a solution? Thanks. Brad -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Investigating-Lucene%27s-Applicability-to--Unusual---Use-Case-tf3917320.html#a11107323 Sent from the Lucene - Java Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
