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Subject: Re: [search-ws] Scan operation
This may help illustrate scan functionality. Go to: http://authorities.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First (or, http://authorities.loc.gov/ and click "Search Authorities"). Try "alexander the great" for 'search text' and 'Subject Authority Headings' for 'Search Type'. The result is a list of terms, beginning with "Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C." These are all (hypothetically) index terms such that if you use one of them in a query, rather than, say, "Alexander, the Great", you'll get more precise results. Not only is "Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C." more specific than "Alexander, the Great", but if you want to learn about his drinking tendencies, right there is the index term "Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C. Alcohol use". --Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: "Farrukh Najmi" <farrukh@wellfleetsoftware.com> To: <search-ws@lists.oasis-open.org> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 9:48 AM Subject: [search-ws] Scan operation > > Dear colleagues, > > I will be posting a series of questions or comments as I review the > draft document. > This is the first in the series. > > I am unclear on what the scan operation is all about. Could someone > please provide a illustrative use case / example. > > In general I suggest including a simple and obvious use case description > for each spec feature to clarify the purpose of the feature. The same > use case could then be used as an illustrative example. > > Thanks. > > -- > Regards, > Farrukh > > Web: http://www.wellfleetsoftware.com > >
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