[Zope] Re: full-text retrieval app

[Andreas Jung]

--On Mittwoch, 5. Februar 2003 18:37 +0100 Maik Jablonski 
<maik.jablonski@uni-bielefeld.de> wrote:

> Stefan Guericke wrote:
>>> You can build an application for full-text retrieval for external files
>>> with TextIndexNG and ExternalFile.
>>>
>>
>>
>> what do u think of writing his own application which stores different
>> content type depending on the file type. id3 tag for mp3s, <title> and
>> <bod>...</body> for html etc. implementing the indexing procedure in c++.
>> the results could be saved in several tables in a mysql database. because
>> the querys would be not too complicated the speed of the querys might be
>> acceptable.

I agree with Maik. There are already enough systems outside that could be 
plugged
with ZOpe by writing the corresponding Python binding. But it does not make
sense to write a complete new indexer architecture. That's a pure waste
of men power. Instead feel free to contribute and provide an existing
project.

-aj

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