From: Dan M. <dan...@gm...> - 2010-09-20 18:41:22
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Hello eXist developers, I just got the following very nice note from Rebecca Koeser at Emory University in Atlanta USA. This quote rocks: *most relevant results are now showing up in the first few hits rather than in the first few pages* - Dan ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rebecca Sutton Koeser <reb...@em...> Date: Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 10:10 AM Subject: Re: [Exist-open] Looking for case studies on "structured search" To: "da...@da..." <da...@da...> Dan, you've been helpful to me with my work on eXist and answered questions on the mailing list, so it's nice to have an opportunity to give a little bit back. Hope the info is helpful for your presentation tomorrow. Organization Name/Location: Woodruff Library, Emory University, Atlanta GA Contact Name/E-mail: Rebecca Sutton Koeser, reb...@em... (Tech Lead) Project Name: Emory University Finding Aids Brief Project Description: Search + browse web interface to a collection of ~970 Encoded Archival Description (EAD) XML documents or Finding Aids for archival and manuscript collections. In many cases, there are multiple archival collections related to a particular author or person; we were able to use the eXist/Lucene index boosting to ensure that the primary collection shows up first when you search for these names. (The new eXist-based Finding Aids site is not yet in production.) On a scale of 1 (no impact) to 5 (large impact), how has structured search improved findability in this project?: Answer from the stakeholder who helped select fields to boost and test the index tuning: 4 - We're not finding results that weren't there before, but the most relevant results are now showing up in the first few hits rather than in the first few pages. Would you recommend using eXist/and structured search to others with similar challenges?: Yes; for documents like EAD, the structure and organization of the document is very significant and affects how we present and search the content. Having the ability to combine the power of Lucene searching in with XQuery and eXist's native XML handling makes for a potent combination. -- Rebecca Sutton Koeser, Ph.D. reb...@em... Digital Programs & Systems - Woodruff Library, Emory University -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkyXeXoACgkQ2wP7Byh4FYuIZQCgpMpbkfH/dDkI/3CADDD8E94C lJoAnipoi3aYoLNxyTAWYZgcv8BGvyN1 =vR9/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Dan McCreary Semantic Solutions Architect office: (952) 931-9198 cell: (612) 986-1552 |