Aha! yes, it does seem to pick up the context in some cases -- oh, I
really want to know what that algorithm is! They definitely are using
capitalization to get full names and place names. But it's much more
sophisticated than that. I would hazard a guess: the longest matching
string within "n" words?
kc
James Weinheimer wrote:
> It does work with multiple words, although I don't understand how: it's a
> black box.
> For example, the record for "Blackout : World War II and the origins of film
> noir / Sheri Chinen Biesen" in
> http://www.galileo.aur.it/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?bib=1272
>
> If you click on "film" in the subtitle, you will get "film noir."
>
> But I don't understand how it works. Also, if you click on names, you might
> get your person, but you might get the soccer/football star. In any case, in
> the box, there is: Match: film noir and others. Here, you can click on
> "others" and get some choices.
>
> Jim
>
> James Weinheimer j.weinheimer_at_aur.edu
> Director of Library and Information Services
> The American University of Rome
> via Pietro Roselli, 4
> 00153 Rome, Italy
> voice- 011 39 06 58330919 ext. 327
> fax-011 39 06 58330992
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
>> [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Karen Coyle
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 3:51 PM
>> To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>> Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] NGC4LIB Digest - 4 Apr 2008 to 7 Apr 2008 (#2008-
>> 72)
>>
>> I, too, hate anything that pops up or acts as I move about the screen,
>> or that comes between me and what I'm actually trying to do. I hadn't
>> thought of the copy/paste, but I did note that it doesn't work on
>> multiple words, just single words. In many cases, single words are not
>> the target. (Try: American | University | Rome ;-))
>>
>> kc
>>
>> James Weinheimer wrote:
>>> That's interesting. I did write to answers.com to ask if they could
>> allow
>>> some additional flexibility in event handlers, perhaps with a right
>> click,
>>> or some other way. Currently, it also doesn't work with text that is
>> linked,
>>> which--I would say--are some of the more important words on a page.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> James Weinheimer j.weinheimer_at_aur.edu
>>> Director of Library and Information Services
>>> The American University of Rome
>>> via Pietro Roselli, 4
>>> 00153 Rome, Italy
>>> voice- 011 39 06 58330919 ext. 327
>>> fax-011 39 06 58330992
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
>>>> [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Selden Deemer
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 12:46 PM
>>>> To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
>>>> Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] NGC4LIB Digest - 4 Apr 2008 to 7 Apr 2008
>> (#2008-
>>>> 72)
>>>>
>>>> This is one of the "enhancements" of the NYT that drives me crazy.
>>>> I frequently select text for various purposes, including lookups
>>>> using the LibX plugin, and dislike intensely the intervention of
>>>> the Answer Tips lookup.
>>>>
>>>> Selden Deemer, Library Systems Administrator
>>>> Emory University Libraries
>>>> Atlanta, Georgia
>>>> EMAIL: libssd_at_emory.edu
>>>> PHONE: 404-727-0271
>>>> FAX: 404-727-0827
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 7, 2008, at 11:01 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>>>>> There is one message totalling 26 lines in this issue.
>>>>>
>>>>> Topics of the day:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Answer Tips
>>>>>
>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 10:09:21 +0200
>>>>> From: Weinheimer Jim <j.weinheimer_at_AUR.EDU>
>>>>> Subject: Answer Tips
>>>>>
>>>>> All,
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't know if anybody has implemented the Answer Tips from
>>>>> answers.com. I saw =
>>>>> it on the NY Times this weekend and decided to try to implement it.
>>>>> An example r=
>>>>> ecord is at:
>>>>> http://www.galileo.aur.it/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?bib=3D19902
>>>>>
>>>>> Double-clicking on any word in the record searches answers.com.
>>>>> Very nice. It do=
>>>>> esn't work with text that's already linked, however, so I'm
>>>>> thinking of reworkin=
>>>>> g my record display a little bit.
>>>>>
>>>>> And best of all, it only took about 10 seconds to implement!
>>>>>
>>>>> James Weinheimer
>>>>> The American University of Rome
>>>>> Rome, Italy
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> End of NGC4LIB Digest - 4 Apr 2008 to 7 Apr 2008 (#2008-72)
>>>>> ***********************************************************
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>> --
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