Hi Marc, I don't want to sound to prissy and also assume to much about your application but a generic synonym file could do more harm than good. Lots of applications have specific vocabularies and a specific synonym list is what is needed. Remember synonyms increase recall but reduce precision. The better matched your synonym list is to your users and their searches the better this ratio between recall and precision will be.
Without knowing your app or motivation I'd say don't go for a generic list but maybe its right for your circumstances. see this thread here http://lucene.472066.n3.nabble.com/French-synonyms-amp-Online-synonyms-td488829.html On 20 February 2011 15:58, Marc Kalberer <i...@programmers.ch> wrote: > Hello, > Is there any free Synonyms.txt available on internet ? Wasn't able to find > any. Specially interested by the french version. > ++ > Marc > -- > *Programmers.ch* > Développement WEB > Solutions libres et Opensources > Tel: ++41 76 44 888 72 > Site: http://www.programmers.ch >
