Hi Rogan, Thank you. :) It'd be great if I can get some feedback on this; sooner I get it, sooner I'll start digging more and working on my proposal.
Cheers, Nilesh On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Rogan Hamby <[email protected]>wrote: > 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> > -- 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<http://www.nileshc.com/>
