Re: a proof that every word is indexing properly

2010-12-02 Thread Erick Erickson
I'm really curious how you expert knows that the present system "indexes every word properly". You can certainly test any scenario that can be defined precisely via unit tests as Lance suggests. Ask for *concrete* examples he's concerned with. Write tests to show that each example works. Ask for m

Re: a proof that every word is indexing properly

2010-12-02 Thread Toke Eskildsen
On Thu, 2010-12-02 at 03:54 +0100, David Linde wrote: > Has anyone figured out a way to logically prove that lucene indexes ever > word properly? The "Precision and recall in lucene"-thread seems relevant here. > Our company has done alot of research into lucene, all of our IT department > is rea

Re: a proof that every word is indexing properly

2010-12-01 Thread Lance Norskog
that to the original to > see if you are satisfied. > > > -Original Message- > From: David Linde [mailto:davidli...@gmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 1, 2010 9:54 PM > To: java-user@lucene.apache.org > Subject: a proof that every word is indexing properly > >

RE: a proof that every word is indexing properly

2010-12-01 Thread David Fertig
[mailto:davidli...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 1, 2010 9:54 PM To: java-user@lucene.apache.org Subject: a proof that every word is indexing properly Has anyone figured out a way to logically prove that lucene indexes ever word properly? Our company has done alot of research into lucene, all of our IT

a proof that every word is indexing properly

2010-12-01 Thread David Linde
Has anyone figured out a way to logically prove that lucene indexes ever word properly? Our company has done alot of research into lucene, all of our IT department is really impressed and excited about lucene *except* one of the older search/indexing experts. Who doesn't want to move to a new sear