Hi Bernd, It's still not clear what you want to do. What will a search look like?
On 06/10/2008 at 8:36 AM, Bernd Mueller wrote: > I will try to explain what I mean with image stuff. An image in > xml-documents is usually an url to the location where the image is > stored. Additionally, such an image tag contains information like > offset, width and height. I am thinking about storing the > images (binary data) and meta-information (offset, width, height) in one > field instead of using these tagging information as values for a field > in the index. You seem to be saying that you want to store the binary image along with its metadata all in one field - is this correct? Why do you want to do this? > I guess, your last statement "Lucene doesn't index binary data..." > indicates that this isn't possible... While Lucene will not *index* binary data, it can *store* it. Steve > Erick Erickson wrote: > > You add as many fields to the document while indexing as you need to > > correctly contain your "image stuff". > > > > If this answer seems cryptic, it's as clear as your problem statement > > <G>. To give you a meaningful answer, we need a much clearer > > problem statement. What is "image stuff", what format is it in, and > > what do you want to do with it? > > > > Lucene doesn't index binary data... > > > > Best > > Erick > > > > On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 8:13 AM, Bernd Mueller > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > I have XML-documents containing image information. These images should > > > be indexed with the document by having one additional field with the > > > image stuff. Could anyone please give me some hints how I can manage > > > this? > > > > > > Regards, > > > Bernd --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
