RE: Geneology, nicknames, levenstein, soundex/metaphone, etc

2007-07-02 Thread Darren Hartford
] Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 12:30 PM To: java-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: Geneology, nicknames, levenstein, soundex/metaphone, etc You may find this thread useful: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/ lists/lucene/java-user/47824?search_string=record%20linkage;#47824 although it doesn't

Re: Geneology, nicknames, levenstein, soundex/metaphone, etc

2007-07-02 Thread Grant Ingersoll
. -Original Message- From: Grant Ingersoll [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 12:30 PM To: java-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: Re: Geneology, nicknames, levenstein, soundex/metaphone, etc You may find this thread useful: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/ lists/lucene/java-user

Geneology, nicknames, levenstein, soundex/metaphone, etc

2007-06-29 Thread Darren Hartford
Hey all, As you can tell by the subject, interested in 'name searching' and 'nearby name' searching. Scenarios include Geneology and Similar-Person-from-Different-Datasources matchings. Assuming java-based lucene, and more than likely the Solr project. *nickname: would it be feasible to create

Re: Geneology, nicknames, levenstein, soundex/metaphone, etc

2007-06-29 Thread Grant Ingersoll
You may find this thread useful: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/ lists/lucene/java-user/47824?search_string=record%20linkage;#47824 although it doesn't answer all your ?'s I think in the end you will need to do post processing on the results, but maybe not. On Jun 29, 2007, at 11:41 AM,