Re: Followup: opinions on Search services
- From: "Liam R. E. Quin" <liam holoweb net>
- To: Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>
- Cc: Joe Shaw <joeshaw novell com>, gnome-devel-list gnome org, Manuel Amador <rudd-o amautacorp com>
- Subject: Re: Followup: opinions on Search services
- Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 18:46:32 -0400
On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 23:35 +0100, Jamie McCracken wrote:
> Cause its not just about indexing - We have metadata too and that really
> needs a DB. If all you want is a google on your hard drive then yes a
> dedicated indexer would be best but an RDBMS will give you expanidbility
> and flebility in handling structured metadata with more powerful search
> options.
Well, it gives you marketing hype for sure.
It turns out that the text retrieval packages also store metadata.
For that matter, an XML-native database such as Sleepycat's of the
Apache stuff might be worth considering. Using a relational db for
metadata and a native text retrieval format for postings can be very
effective, as long as the integrity between the databases is managed.
Liam
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