Hi,
This might not be the right group to ask, but since I think it could
need some code mods, here goes.
I have a need to cluster or categorise the my search space into a
hierachy that is probably 3 levels deep, so that when the user searches
the system will specify a list of categories from which the search will
be returned.
I dont want the search to do a whole space search, retieving the first
say 100 hits, and then filter that down to the hits that match the
reqested categories as if list of categories is a sparsely populated
set, the search problem could get to N**2 quite qickly.
Fortunately in my case, the categories are defined by URLs and Meta tags
in the content eg
http://community.caret.cam.ac.uk/portal/site/~ian/*
goes into the
community.caret.cam.ac.uk:~ian:access
community.caret.cam.ac.uk:~ian:maintain
community.caret.cam.ac.uk is the host
~ian is the worksite
and access, maintain are roles within the worksite, derived from meta
tags in the content.
http://community.caret.cam.ac.uk/portal/site/12312312-112/*
goes into the
community.caret.cam.ac.uk:12312312-112:maintain category
Only the the host is predictable the remainder are dynamic, but could be
retrieved via an API or XML over HTTP interface.
Where should I start ?
Ian
