Re: [FT] Full-text query languages

Greg,
 
We are aware of the Z39.50 initiatives. I am a member of the XQuery and
XPath Full-Text Task Force and I work at the Library of Congress which
is the maintenance agency for Z39.50, so I have contributors to ZING
advising me on Task Force issues.
 
We will mine the current versions of the documents you mentioned for
innovative ideas.
 
Thanks for your interest in XQuery and XPath Full-Text!

 
Pat Case, Library of Congress

>>> "Greg Holmberg" <gholmber@inxight.com> 8/16/2004 4:20:22 PM >>>


XQuery full-text editors-


I've just found the XQueryFT pages, which I think could be very useful
to us at Inxight Software.  Our system does deep linguistic analysis
of
text, which can then be queried, so we are looking for a rich query
language for our system.

I have also found a few other full-text query languages:

NISO Z39.50

    http://www.niso.org/standards/standard_detail.cfm?std_id=465

    http://www.loc.gov/z3950/agency

ZING: Z39.50 Next Generation

    http://www.loc.gov/z3950/agency/zing

Java Content Repository API (see Simple Search Engine Syntax):

    http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=170

ZING especially has some innovative ideas for a query language.

Are you in contact with these folks?  It would sure be nice to see
some
of the great ideas in XQueryFT make their way into these other
standards, or vice-versa.

Sincerely,


Greg Holmberg
Software Architect

Inxight Software, Inc.
gholmber@inxight.com
408.738.6312