Hello,
Is there some issue going on with the search API. The returned results
appear to be a bit off.
For example
http://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=search&srsearch=Country
returns
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
<query>
<searchinfo totalhits="10" suggestion="Count" />
<search>
<p ns="0" title="*Wikidata*" snippet="A data-numbers table: page_id
revision_id name value - 301 2044 <span
class='searchmatch'>country</span>_population
80000000 301 2040 <span
class='searchmatch'>country</span>_population
75000000 <b>...</b> " size="13242" wordcount="1760"
timestamp="2010-08-15T13:43:24Z" />
<p ns="0" title="*Hit stats aggregation*" snippet="Page views : geoip
lookup (<span class='searchmatch'>country</span>
or city-resolution?) Image views : What's available from each
hit: image name. thumbnail pixel width <b>...</b> "
size="2161" wordcount="311" timestamp="2010-01-03T08:04:51Z" />
<p ns="0" title="<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
<query>
<searchinfo totalhits="10" suggestion="Count" />
<search>
<p ns="0" title="*Wikidata*" snippet="A data-numbers table: page_id
revision_id name value - 301 2044 <span
class='searchmatch'>country</span>_population
80000000 301 2040 <span
class='searchmatch'>country</span>_population
75000000 <b>...</b> " size="13242" wordcount="1760"
timestamp="2010-08-15T13:43:24Z" />
<p ns="0" title="*Hit stats aggregation*" snippet="Page views : geoip
lookup (<span class='searchmatch'>country</span>
or city-resolution?) Image views : What's available from each
hit: image name. thumbnail pixel width <b>...</b> "
size="2161" wordcount="311" timestamp="2010-01-03T08:04:51Z" />
<p ns="0" title="*WMDE contract offers*" snippet="Your real name and
<span class='searchmatch'>country</span> of
residence. How you plan to go about implementing the desired function.
Any experience working with MediaWiki <b>...</b> "
size="1483" wordcount="206" timestamp="2010-04-09T18:31:35Z" />
<p ns="0" title="*Sites using MediaWiki/en*" snippet="com : The
Unofficial ASEAN Tourism Encyclopedia, the reference guide to 10
Southeast Asian <span
class='searchmatch'>Countries</span>. Asian Business
Round Table - http:// <b>...</b> " size="138820"
wordcount="19314" timestamp="2010-10-30T19:15:23Z" />
<p ns="0" title="Namespace manager" snippet="In the context of Wikidata,
they are intended to segregate different types of structured content,
such as person data, <span
class='searchmatch'>country</span> information
<b>...</b> " size="11305" wordcount="1693"
timestamp="2010-10-26T05:31:01Z" />
<p ns="0" title="InstantCommons" snippet="It does not permit offline
viewing, which is crucial in <span
class='searchmatch'>countries</span> which have only
intermittent network access. InstantCommons seeks to
<b>...</b> " size="6505" wordcount="985"
timestamp="2010-09-22T08:38:28Z" />
<p ns="0" title="List of extensions to be merged to the core"
snippet="There are laws in some <span
class='searchmatch'>countries</span> forbidding
logging of IPs, etc. So it should be disabled by default. Soxred93
00:35, 26 January 2009 <b>...</b> " size="8676"
wordcount="857" timestamp="2010-09-22T12:42:56Z" />
<p ns="0" title="Summer of Code 2009" snippet="Bot for automation
interwikis adding for categories by <span
class='searchmatch'>countries</span>, albums by
artist, interwikis for categories based on interwikis for
<b>...</b> " size="12337" wordcount="1677"
timestamp="2010-03-12T12:14:19Z" />
<p ns="0" title="Sites using MediaWiki/corporate" snippet="With more
than 50,000 customers in 43 <span
class='searchmatch'>countries</span>, Novell helps
customers manage, simplify, secure and integrate their technology
<b>...</b> " size="23008" wordcount="3174"
timestamp="2010-10-21T16:40:06Z" />
</search>
</query>
</api>" snippet="Your real name and <span
class='searchmatch'>country</span> of residence. How
you plan to go about implementing the desired function. Any experience
working with MediaWiki <b>...</b> " size="1483"
wordcount="206" timestamp="2010-04-09T18:31:35Z" />
<p ns="0" title="Sites using MediaWiki/en" snippet="com : The Unofficial
ASEAN Tourism Encyclopedia, the reference guide to 10 Southeast Asian
<span class='searchmatch'>Countries</span>. Asian
Business Round Table - http:// <b>...</b> " size="138820"
wordcount="19314" timestamp="2010-10-30T19:15:23Z" />
<p ns="0" title="Namespace manager" snippet="In the context of Wikidata,
they are intended to segregate different types of structured content,
such as person data, <span
class='searchmatch'>country</span> information
<b>...</b> " size="11305" wordcount="1693"
timestamp="2010-10-26T05:31:01Z" />
<p ns="0" title="InstantCommons" snippet="It does not permit offline
viewing, which is crucial in <span
class='searchmatch'>countries</span> which have only
intermittent network access. InstantCommons seeks to
<b>...</b> " size="6505" wordcount="985"
timestamp="2010-09-22T08:38:28Z" />
<p ns="0" title="List of extensions to be merged to the core"
snippet="There are laws in some <span
class='searchmatch'>countries</span> forbidding
logging of IPs, etc. So it should be disabled by default. Soxred93
00:35, 26 January 2009 <b>...</b> " size="8676"
wordcount="857" timestamp="2010-09-22T12:42:56Z" />
<p ns="0" title="Summer of Code 2009" snippet="Bot for automation
interwikis adding for categories by <span
class='searchmatch'>countries</span>, albums by
artist, interwikis for categories based on interwikis for
<b>...</b> " size="12337" wordcount="1677"
timestamp="2010-03-12T12:14:19Z" />
<p ns="0" title="Sites using MediaWiki/corporate" snippet="With more
than 50,000 customers in 43 <span
class='searchmatch'>countries</span>, Novell helps
customers manage, simplify, secure and integrate their technology
<b>...</b> " size="23008" wordcount="3174"
timestamp="2010-10-21T16:40:06Z" />
</search>
</query>
</api>
Thanks
Prateek
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*PhD Student, Research Assistant*
*Kno.e.sis Center, Wright State University*
*Dayton,OH 45435*
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