I can help shepherd Java patches into the code base if and when appropriate.
Gary On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Michael Tobias <mich...@tobias.org.uk> wrote: > I recently joined this list as I have started to examine Apache Solr and > am extremely interested in using soundex and phonetic tokens. > > I have already pointed out some bugs in the current implementation of BMPM > in the Commons Codec and 1 has already been fixed. > > Having checked archived messages relating to the introduction of BMPM I > see that at the time it was also discussed whether to implement > Daitch-Mokotoff soundex at the same time. It looks like this was never > taken up but I am really interested in having this functionality. > > Daitch-Mokotoff is a much more simple algorithm than BMPM (though it can > 'branch' and produce multiple tokens for the same word). It uses a rules > table along with a very few additional instructions. The algorithm is in > the public Domain and there are various implementations available > (including a few apparently written in java but I am not convinced they are > correct). If it is felt necessary I can get written permission from Gary > Mokotoff and Randy Daitch to allow the algorithm to be used. > > I am currently discussing some changes to the algorithm with Gary Mokotoff > and hope to have them agreed shortly. > > At that point I will probably have a simple php implementation (not my > code, but permission to adapt will be granted) which I would be interested > in having ported to java for inclusion in the Commons Codec. > > Is anybody on this list interested in assisting with this and porting an > agreed php implementation to java? I will be happy to test all output > until we are satisfied it is fully functional. > > Thanks > > Michael > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > -- E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com Home: http://garygregory.com/ Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory
