Re: text searching

At 11:17 PM -0700 1/9/02, Jim Melton wrote:

>There are certainly full-text products that are XML-aware, but I do 
>not believe that a standardized interface is implemented by multiple 
>such products (which is why the W3C could well find it an 
>interesting thing to pursue).

You're right, no standardized interface as such, although there are 
conventions, mainly Boolean operators and Internet Query Operators ( 
+, -, and quotes for phrases).

I would very much like to get involved in any full-text XML querying 
project.  I'm associated with CNI, a W3C member organization.

Avi

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Received on Thursday, 10 January 2002 20:32:36 UTC