[Bug 3743] [FT] Default weight

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• Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:46:10 +0000
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http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=3743

           Summary: [FT] Default weight
           Product: XPath / XQuery / XSLT
           Version: Working drafts
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows XP
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Full Text
        AssignedTo: jim.melton@acm.org
        ReportedBy: holstege@mathling.com
         QAContact: public-qt-comments@w3.org


Section 2.3.1 (Weights)

The use of 0.5 as the default weight looks completely arbitrary and
unmotivated. It requires an extra floating point operation for every score
calculation.  The default weight should be 1.0, which is much easier to explain
to users.

Received on Monday, 18 September 2006 19:46:27 UTC