[htdig-dev] faceted searching

[<roy...@im...>]

We have identified a target market for developing an expert knowledge-base with 
access via a fuzzy matching with a profile defined in terms of a set of values of some 
or all of N parameters, each parameter representing an aspect or facet of the features 
of a chunk of knowledge or experience.

We note that htdig admits to adding of keywords to documents at the meta-level. This 
would be necessary for a parametric indexing system to work. Has anyone adapted 
htdig by adding parameters and their value-sets (symbolic keywords or numerical), 
such as to be set up by expert users, in such a way as to characterise meaningfully 
their knowledge-domain, in terms of expert-specifird parameters and value-sets?

I am copying this to myself at home, as I am bi-locating.

RoyJ

Roy H W Johnston PhD FInstP CIEI
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