Re: Proposal for truncation type 105: Masking

On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 12:05:58PM +0100, Mike Taylor wrote:
> So we will then have the following truncation attributes in BIB-1:
> 
> 	101   process # in search term
> 	102   regExpr-1 (POSIX, IIRC)
> 	103   regExpr-2 (deliberately lkeft unspecified)
> 	104   Z39.58
> 	105   Masking (similar to, but different from, shell wildcards)
> 	106   ISO 8777 (essentially identical to 104)
> 	107   "complex", whatever that means.

Our Zebra server supports 101, 102, 103. Attribute 103 is like 102, but
with a notion to specify number of allowed mis-spellings. It would be
trivial to add support for attribute 105.

[snip]
> If you really want the "?" semantics you described above, I would
> suggest using different metacharacters to avoid giving the misleading
> impression that the wildcard patterns have their familiar meanings.
Good idea.

-- Adam

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