Re: [htdig-dev] status of synonyms?

[Gilles D. <gr...@sc...>]

According to Budd, Sinclair:
>   using htdig3.2.0b4-20020728  there are strange results for synonyms. 
>   (The capitalization below is for clarity, actual searches used lower
> case.)
>   In the synonym  file "abcense" is set as synonym with "absence".
> 
>  with htdig.conf set with 
>  search_algorithm:	exact:1  endings:0.1  
> 
>  searching for   abCense   produces  0  results
>                  abSence   produces  11 results
> 
> 
> 
>  with htdig.conf set with 
>  search_algorithm:	exact:1  endings:0.1   synonyms:0.9
> 
>  searching for   abCense   produces  783 results ( and these results contain
> "abSence" words ok)
>                  abSence   produces  11 results  ( same results as for no
> synonyms )
> 
> curious no?

Very.  I'm at a bit of a loss to explain this one.  If you do an htdump,
how many entries for "absence" and "abcense" do you find in the resulting
db.worddump file?

Does the word "abcense" appear anywhere else in your synonyms file, or
just on the one line with "absence"?

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Gilles R. Detillieux              E-mail: <gr...@sc...>
Spinal Cord Research Centre       WWW:    http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/
Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba  Winnipeg, MB  R3E 3J7  (Canada)