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Re: CHAT: Summary, web based mailinglist archives

From:Paul Bennett <paul.bennett@...>
Date:Monday, October 25, 1999, 11:00
tal writes:
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The myriad of archivers out there, like hypermail and mhonarc, doesn't have inbuilt search-mechanisms. You can view messages by thread, author, subject, date etc., but if you're looking for something specific, a phrase or similar, you're out of luck. (And with the subject-lines of postings here on conlang-l tending to stay the same no matter what, browsing subjects doesn't do much good either.) Looking at it from an IR perspective, our list isn't very well suited for search-engines as they are today, because the list is multi-lingual, and the level of expertise in English varies wildly. Suffice to say, ir-systems likes the orthography to be consistent and the total amount of possible words to be less than infinite :) So, building a system ourselves seems best. Volunteers? :) <<<<<< I've no idea about IR techniques, to me IR is what makes my Remote Control work. <G> However, I consider myself fairly competent and as adaptable as is reasonable, so I'll happily help form a think-tank, though potentially on the edges. Deja.com (at least how it was in the bad old days) seems to have about the ideal functionality, search-engine- and auto-threading- wise. Without the multiple groups, of course. JM2C Pb ************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been scanned for the presence of computer viruses. *************************************************************