Re: iIndex: Search Your Own Stuff

From: Eric Lease Morgan <emorgan_at_nyob>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 13:54:32 -0500
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
On 2/9/04 1:45 PM, Morbus Iff <morbus_at_DISOBEY.COM> wrote:

>> Given this input, I would then create an iIndex.xml file specifying what
>> content a person wanted indexed. It's a configuration file. I would then
>> index their content (using whatever indexer I desired), save the index
>> locally, and allow these people to search their own personal index.
>
> I know swish-e (http://www.swish-e.org/) allows plugins for search
> types (for instance, I have a pdf plugin to grab the text inside).
> Perhaps you'd want to focus on expanding swish-e?

Swish-e is my favorite indexer, and I would plan to convert a person's
documents to plain text or structured HTML and then index with swish-e.
IMHO, Swish-e, and indexers in general, is a tool more of use librarians
ought to be playing with.

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Eric Morgan
Received on Mon Feb 09 2004 - 13:59:04 EST