Re: [search-ws] Scan operation

["Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress" <rden@loc.gov>]

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
>
>