Frank -- Lucene can definitely do this stuff. This review of the Query Syntax might offer you some insight: http://lucene.apache.org/java/2_4_0/queryparsersyntax.html
Specifically, you can look up "Fuzzy Searches" and "Synonyms". There are a couple of key ways to handle synonyms, so you might want to prototype that before you settle on the approach you ultimately select. Be aware that Lucene is more of a "search library". If you're looking for a Web App. that can return XML or JSON, you might want to look into Solr, which uses Lucene, but offers a lot of the architecture you might need: http://lucene.apache.org/solr/ Good luck! -h ----- Original Message ---- From: Frank A <fsa...@gmail.com> To: java-user@lucene.apache.org Sent: Mon, May 31, 2010 6:20:41 PM Subject: Lucene Newbie Questions Hello all, I'm considering Lucene for a specific application and am trying to ensure that it is the right tool for what I'm trying to accomplish. At a high level I have a list of restaurants in a database and a list of tags related to the restaurant (e.g. Italian, Formal, Expensive, etc). Each restaurant also has a location (longitude/latitude). My primary goal using Lucene is to conduct searches where the user can do things like: - Misspell the name of the restaurant (by a few chars) - Type "Italian Food" instead of just Italian or perhaps "Great Italian" - Or even use some synonyms (e.g. Deli and Delicatessen) - of course I'd define these terms. Are these types of use cases something that can be done with Lucene? Or is there a more appropriate API that I haven't found? Thanks. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: java-user-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: java-user-h...@lucene.apache.org
