Re: "Advanced" query language

2005-12-06 Thread Erik Hatcher
On Dec 5, 2005, at 9:07 PM, Yonik Seeley wrote: There is one little problem with XML though... It's inability to directly represent binary data, or even all unicode code points (no, entities don't fix this). I use binary data in lucene to represent some numerics, and that can't be represented

Re: "Advanced" query language

2005-12-06 Thread Erik Hatcher
On Dec 5, 2005, at 9:18 PM, Yonik Seeley wrote: If we go with XML, I think this must be solved (or else we are at the point where we can only represent a subset of queries that lucene can handle again). Hmmm, maybe it's not quite so serious if the XML represents a pre-analyzed query vs post-a

Re: "Advanced" query language

2005-12-06 Thread mark harwood
> but we should also allow for the client to push the > analysis > responsibility to the server: Yet another variation we could support is to use the existing QueryParser server-side for handling user-typed input. On the client user input is unparsed and combined with the lower-level constraints

Re: "Advanced" query language

2005-12-06 Thread DM Smith
One thing I like about the possibility of XML (as opposed to other syntax) is that I could create query templates and process them with XSLT. And I can do this client side and also in most modern browsers. - To unsubscribe, e-m

Re: "Advanced" query language

2005-12-06 Thread Yonik Seeley
On 12/6/05, Erik Hatcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > example: � is not valid XML > Can you give an example of a query that needs binary information? It's never an absolute need - one could always work around the problem, for sure. The issue was more a desire to be able to represent everything

Re: "Advanced" query language

2005-12-06 Thread Yonik Seeley
On 12/6/05, Erik Hatcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Suppose a user of the Swing or RoR client enters "some phrase", who > is responsible for analyzing that phrase so that it is suitable for > PhraseQuery.add()? Right? Right, and even more. The query one specifies may be morphed into another ty

Re: "Advanced" query language

2005-12-06 Thread Steven Rowe
Yonik Seeley wrote: On 12/6/05, Erik Hatcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Also I'd be curious to see a problem with Unicode code points in XML, if you have one handy. The definition of valid XML 1.0 characters: #x9 | #xA | #xD | [#x20-#xD7FF] | [#xE000-#xFFFD] | [#x1-#x10] The simplest

SearchBlox adds REST-API and Spelling Suggestions in Version 3.1

2005-12-06 Thread Robert Selvaraj
SearchBlox Software has released Version 3.1 of its J2EE Content Search Software. SearchBlox delivers out-of-the-box search functionality for quick and easy integration with websites, applications, intranets and portals. SearchBlox uses the Lucene Search API and incorporates integrated HTTP/HTTPS,

Re: renaming IndexReader.delete() ?

2005-12-06 Thread slagraulet
I certainly agree with this change! We all have interest in having a clean and understandable API. Erik Hatcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: "Advanced" query language

2005-12-06 Thread Yonik Seeley
> Are you aware, though, of an existing Unicode serialization/markup > mechanism without XML's gaps? No, but I'm not advocating anything other than XML. I'm just pointing out a problem that needs to be solved. > Base64 is frequently used as an escape mechanism for binary data in XML. Yeah, but

Re: "Advanced" query language

2005-12-06 Thread Incze Lajos
Maybe, I'm a bit late with this, but. There is an ongoing effort at w3c to define a fulltext search language that could extend their xpath and xquery languages (which clearly makes sense). These are the current documents on the topic: http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-xquery-full-text-20051103/ http:

Re: "Advanced" query language

2005-12-06 Thread Wolfgang Hoschek
That's basically what I'm implementing with Nux, except that the syntax and calling conventions are a bit different, and that Lucene analyzers can optionally be specified, which makes it a lot more powerful (but also a bit more complicated). Wolfgang. On Dec 6, 2005, at 10:48 AM, Incze Laj

Re: "Advanced" query language

2005-12-06 Thread Paul Elschot
On Tuesday 06 December 2005 03:20, Chris Hostetter wrote: ... > > I can think of at least two big use cases that I'm concerned about > > 1) Human creation ... > > 2) Aliasing > ... Meanwhile I scratched some surface off XSL, and I think it can allow both simplification and aliasing in one

[jira] Created: (LUCENE-477) Build an index which allows me to broswe by category.

2005-12-06 Thread Mark Dos Santos (JIRA)
Build an index which allows me to broswe by category. - Key: LUCENE-477 URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-477 Project: Lucene - Java Type: Task Components: Index Versions: 1.4 Environment

Re: "Advanced" query language

2005-12-06 Thread Steven Rowe
Yonik wrote: For normal text data, with valid unicode characters that aren't legal XML, I'd rather have a simple escaping mechanism. Something like backslash escaping that is easily understood. Maybe something as simple as \00 for � (backslash followed by two hex digits). I agree with your go

Re: "Advanced" query language

2005-12-06 Thread Steven Rowe
For normal text data, with valid unicode characters that aren't legal XML, I'd rather have a simple escaping mechanism. Something like backslash escaping that is easily understood. Maybe something as simple as \00 for � (backslash followed by two hex digits). Similar RFC for an extension to XM

[jira] Commented: (LUCENE-477) Build an index which allows me to broswe by category.

2005-12-06 Thread Hoss Man (JIRA)
[ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-477?page=comments#action_12359495 ] Hoss Man commented on LUCENE-477: - This isn't a "bug" or a "feature" or a "task" as much as it is a "question" about using lucene in a particular way. Questions generally rec

[jira] Closed: (LUCENE-477) Build an index which allows me to broswe by category.

2005-12-06 Thread Erik Hatcher (JIRA)
[ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-477?page=all ] Erik Hatcher closed LUCENE-477: --- Resolution: Invalid Yes, please bring this topic to the user list rather than JIRA > Build an index which allows me to broswe by category. > ---