Re: More fulltext advocacy (was Re: Lee's feature proposal)

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> > There are two key features here:
> >
> > + full text is an index, not a restriction (unlike regexs).
> > + scoring matters, as does limiting hits
> >
> > It might be viable to have syntax and integration into evaluation without
defining what full text results are.

I fully agree.

> > Unfortunately, scoring is useful only if order is preserved.

I don't think so. Scoring for example makes sense, if you only want to select
results above a certain threshold.

> > The needing ?text_exp to be a ground term of bound variable at the point of
evaluation is also a bit of a nuisance.
> >
> > Thus, specific syntax for full text, and not making it look like a property,
would be a step forward.
> >
> >     TEXT(?x, 'word1 word2'[, relevance][, limit])

Maybe without limit, if we allow result modifiers in subqueries.

cheers,
Simon
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Received on Tuesday, 5 May 2009 11:12:57 UTC