Hi Nilesh, The list tends to go a bit quieter on the weekend as people try to break away from work a bit but I'm sure you'll hear from someone soon. And thanks for chiming in with interest!
On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Nilesh Chakraborty <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > > I am a 3rd year undergraduate student of computer science, pursuing my > B.Tech degree at RCC Institute of Information Technology. I am proficient > in Java, PHP and C#. > > I couldn't figure out which mentor to approach for this particular project > idea, so I am emailing all three of you. :) Among the project ideas on the > GSoC 2013 ideas page, the one particular idea that seemed really > interesting to me is the one titled "Offer management and integration of > full-text search of objects within Evergreen". I want to work on it. I > think my experience will come of good use in this project. > > I am passionate about data mining, big data, search and recommendation > engines, therefore this idea naturally appeals to me a lot. I have > experience with building search functionality into a live production site, > where I'm interning at. I used Sphinx with MySQL and was responsible for > all the database configuration, trigger and index creation, and full-text > search configuration. I have thorough experience with Sphinx and am willing > to dig deeper into Lucene or learn SOLR if the need arises. I have a little > experience with Lucene and using DefaultSimilarity (uses Cosine Similarity). > > I have a few questions. These clarifications will help me a lot to > understand the current search functionality of Evergreen and what needs to > be done to add full-text search of digital objects. > > 1. I have cloned the Evergreen repo from GitHub and browsed around the > code. Could you point me to the module/files that are used for searching > metadata currently? > > 2. As far as I understand from the "Problem" description, we basically > need to implement full-text search on text chunks that can be ebooks, > theses, dissertations etc. Is that right? Is there more to it? Please > provide more details. > > 3. Could you provide me with more details on your plans on how to > integrate the search with your system (ie. whether I should focus on > exposing a REST-API or a Java client, what API hooks or methods should be > there?) > > Please share your views, advise me on my next course of action should be, > and do ask me if you have any questions. I'm looking forward to hearing > from you very soon. :-) > > Cheers, > Nilesh > > -- > A quest eternal, a life so small! So don't just play the guitar, build one. > You can also email me at [email protected] or visit my website > -- Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services, York County Library System "You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me." -- C.S. Lewis <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis>
