[OPEN-ILS-DEV] [GSoC 2013] Interested in developing full-text search functionality within Evergreen

[Nilesh Chakraborty]

Hi Rogan,

Thank you. :) It'd be great if I can get some feedback on this; sooner I
get it, sooner I'll start digging more and working on my proposal.

Cheers,
Nilesh


On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Rogan Hamby <rogan.hamby at yclibrary.net>wrote:

> Hi Nilesh,
>
> The list tends to go a bit quieter on the weekend as people try to break
> away from work a bit but I'm sure you'll hear from someone soon.  And
> thanks for chiming in with interest!
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Nilesh Chakraborty <nilesh at nileshc.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am a 3rd year undergraduate student of computer science, pursuing my
>> B.Tech degree at RCC Institute of Information Technology. I am proficient
>> in Java, PHP and C#.
>>
>> I couldn't figure out which mentor to approach for this particular
>> project idea, so I am emailing all three of you. :) Among the project ideas
>> on the GSoC 2013 ideas page, the one particular idea that seemed really
>> interesting to me is the one titled "Offer management and integration of
>> full-text search of objects within Evergreen". I want to work on it. I
>> think my experience will come of good use in this project.
>>
>> I am passionate about data mining, big data, search and recommendation
>> engines, therefore this idea naturally appeals to me a lot. I have
>> experience with building search functionality into a live production site,
>> where I'm interning at. I used Sphinx with MySQL and was responsible for
>> all the database configuration, trigger and index creation, and full-text
>> search configuration. I have thorough experience with Sphinx and am willing
>> to dig deeper into Lucene or learn SOLR if the need arises. I have a little
>> experience with Lucene and using DefaultSimilarity (uses Cosine Similarity).
>>
>> I have a few questions. These clarifications will help me a lot to
>> understand the current search functionality of Evergreen and what needs to
>> be done to add full-text search of digital objects.
>>
>>    1. I have cloned the Evergreen repo from GitHub and browsed around
>>    the code. Could you point me to the module/files that are used for
>>    searching metadata currently?
>>
>>    2. As far as I understand from the "Problem" description, we
>>    basically need to implement full-text search on text chunks that can be
>>    ebooks, theses, dissertations etc. Is that right? Is there more to it?
>>    Please provide more details.
>>
>>    3. Could you provide me with more details on your plans on how to
>>    integrate the search with your system (ie. whether I should focus on
>>    exposing a REST-API or a Java client, what API hooks or methods should be
>>    there?)
>>
>> Please share your views, advise me on my next course of action should be,
>> and do ask me if you have any questions. I'm looking forward to hearing
>> from you very soon. :-)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nilesh
>>
>> --
>> A quest eternal, a life so small! So don't just play the guitar, build
>> one.
>> You can also email me at contact at nileshc.com or visit my website
>>
>
>
>
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>
> Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
> Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
> York County Library System
>
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> me."
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You can also email me at contact at nileshc.com or visit my
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