Fisher Mark wrote:
> > cataloging and database functions while you use some
> > computerized search
> > engine to sift through it. but any search engine relies either on the
> > meaningfullness of full-text search, which is questionable, or on some
> > kind of catalogue, even if it's just META keywords. in the later case,
> > the better the catalogue is done, the better your search results.
>
> I guess you're new to the list -- the late Gerard Salton proved in 1971 that
> even the best hand-indexing can't compete with a search engine that supports
> relevancy ranking, a thesaurus, and user feedback. The complete
> bibliographic reference is below my .signature.
not exactly new, but I have missed that thread. I will check the
reference.
