Hey all, As you can tell by the subject, interested in 'name searching' and 'nearby name' searching. Scenarios include Geneology and Similar-Person-from-Different-Datasources matchings. Assuming java-based lucene, and more than likely the Solr project.
*nickname: would it be feasible to create an Analyzer that will tie to an external/internal nickname datasource (datasource would vary dramatically based on nationality). Usecase: Jon, John, Johnny, Jonathan would have 'weight' in the relevance. Similarly 'Dick', 'Chuck', and 'Charles'. *levenstein distance: This is why I'm looking at lucene and the related Solr project - levenstein already exists, but seems to be a separate query/relevance metric. Is there a way to add to the overall weight across multiple Analyzers? Sorry, very ignorant of the capabilities and am curious. *soundex/metaphone: Again, more about adding to an overall weight versus separate, distinct query. This may become not useful in the overall picture with the use of Levenstein Distance and Nickname analyzer, but having the capability there just in case. *cross-field matches: I am planning on indexing specific field names, with two being 'maiden name' and 'last name'. When searching for a 'last name' value, how to manage weight for values that might (and very well will) be in two different fields. Sorry for the short/abrupt post but if I spell it all out it would be huge. Just asking some key points ;-) Thanky, -D
