Re: [WebDNA] Foreign characters (2009)

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2009


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texte = I totally misunderstood. Sorry about that. I don't work in other spoken l= anguages, so I haven't=20 dealt directly with this problem, but I wrote a custom search that does, = among other things, a=20 lookup to a thesaurus API ( http://words.bighugelabs.com/api.php ) in add= ition to WebDNA's regular=20 searching. Any synonyms for "cafe" (restaurant, caf=C3=A9 (maybe) etc.) a= re then written to a=20 thesaurus.db and those synonyms are used to search with again. To be kind= to the API, before I=20 search my local theasarus.db in case the search has already taken place. = It's basically a bunch of=20 different searches and all "hits" are written to a [table] and ranked the= n displayed. It's=20 actually pretty fast. Maybe something similar could work for you? Example http://www.searchboise.com -Besides synonyms, results that are clicked also are matched to the keywo= rd that caused the click=20 and each click is considered a human "vote" that gives weight to the rank= . Over some years this=20 has become a pretty good search. -Dan On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:05:18 +0100 Tom Duke wrote: >=20 > Cristi=C3=A1n >=20 > I have never worked out a good solution for this within WebDNA. >=20 > Best thing that I can suggest is to ensure your site is well indexed > by Google and then use Google custom search. >=20 > - Tom >=20 >=20 >=20 > On 3/30/09, Dan Strong wrote: >> [url][/url]? >> >> >> On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:19:52 -0400 >> Cristi=C3=A1n Tapia wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> This is an old post that I found on the the list that wasn't resolved= in >>> 1998. I'm having the >>>same problem 11 years after :-). Any hints? >>> >>> QUOTE: >>> >>> "I was trying to figure out how to handle searches on database items = in a >>> foreign language. >>>While Webcatalog works perfectly when the user types the exact word a= nd >>> uses the appropriate >>>accented characters, then everything is fine. But when a word has acc= ented >>> characters, i.e. >>> caf=C3=A9, and the user types cafe, then there are no items found." >>> >>> END OF QUOTE >>> >>> This is really becoming an issue with some of our clientes, so any h= elp >>> would be greatly >>>appreciated. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> Cristi=C3=A1n Tapia Smith >>> Lemon Internet S.A. >>> ctapia@lemongroup.cl >>> http://www.lemongroup.cl >>> Antonia L=C3=B3pez de Bello 172, Of. 801 >>>Fono: +562-7377682 >>> Santiago, Chile >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >>> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ >> >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ >> >=20 >=20 > --=20 > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > Digital Revolutionaries > Shamrock Chambers > 1-2 Eustace Street > Temple Bar,Dublin 2 > Ireland > ---------------------------------------------- > [t]: ++ 353 1 440 3907 > [f]: ++ 353 1 443 0720 > [e]: > [w]: > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [WebDNA] Foreign characters (2009) (Frank Nordberg 2009)
  2. Re: [WebDNA] Foreign characters (2009) (Patrick McCormick 2009)
  3. RE: [WebDNA] Foreign characters (2009) ("Olin Lagon" 2009)
  4. Re: [WebDNA] Foreign characters (2009) (christophe.billiottet@webdna.us 2009)
  5. Re: [WebDNA] Foreign characters (2009) (Donovan Brooke 2009)
  6. Re: [WebDNA] Foreign characters (2009) (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Cristi=E1n_Tapia?= 2009)
  7. Re: [WebDNA] Foreign characters (2009) (Frank Nordberg 2009)
  8. Re: [WebDNA] Foreign characters (2009) (Donovan Brooke 2009)
  9. Re: [WebDNA] Foreign characters (2009) (Patrick McCormick 2009)
  10. Re: [WebDNA] Foreign characters (2009) (Donovan Brooke 2009)
  11. Re: [WebDNA] Foreign characters (2009) (christophe.billiottet@webdna.us 2009)
  12. Re: [WebDNA] Foreign characters (2009) ("Dan Strong" 2009)
  13. Re: [WebDNA] Foreign characters (2009) (Donovan Brooke 2009)
  14. Re: [WebDNA] Foreign characters (2009) (Tom Duke 2009)
  15. Re: [WebDNA] Foreign characters (2009) ("Dan Strong" 2009)
  16. [WebDNA] Foreign characters (2009) (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Cristi=E1n_Tapia?= 2009)
I totally misunderstood. Sorry about that. I don't work in other spoken l= anguages, so I haven't=20 dealt directly with this problem, but I wrote a custom search that does, = among other things, a=20 lookup to a thesaurus API ( http://words.bighugelabs.com/api.php ) in add= ition to WebDNA's regular=20 searching. Any synonyms for "cafe" (restaurant, caf=C3=A9 (maybe) etc.) a= re then written to a=20 thesaurus.db and those synonyms are used to search with again. To be kind= to the API, before I=20 search my local theasarus.db in case the search has already taken place. = It's basically a bunch of=20 different searches and all "hits" are written to a [table] and ranked the= n displayed. It's=20 actually pretty fast. Maybe something similar could work for you? Example http://www.searchboise.com -Besides synonyms, results that are clicked also are matched to the keywo= rd that caused the click=20 and each click is considered a human "vote" that gives weight to the rank= . Over some years this=20 has become a pretty good search. -Dan On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:05:18 +0100 Tom Duke wrote: >=20 > Cristi=C3=A1n >=20 > I have never worked out a good solution for this within WebDNA. >=20 > Best thing that I can suggest is to ensure your site is well indexed > by Google and then use Google custom search. >=20 > - Tom >=20 >=20 >=20 > On 3/30/09, Dan Strong wrote: >> [url][/url]? >> >> >> On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:19:52 -0400 >> Cristi=C3=A1n Tapia wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> This is an old post that I found on the the list that wasn't resolved= in >>> 1998. I'm having the >>>same problem 11 years after :-). Any hints? >>> >>> QUOTE: >>> >>> "I was trying to figure out how to handle searches on database items = in a >>> foreign language. >>>While Webcatalog works perfectly when the user types the exact word a= nd >>> uses the appropriate >>>accented characters, then everything is fine. But when a word has acc= ented >>> characters, i.e. >>> caf=C3=A9, and the user types cafe, then there are no items found." >>> >>> END OF QUOTE >>> >>> This is really becoming an issue with some of our clientes, so any h= elp >>> would be greatly >>>appreciated. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> Cristi=C3=A1n Tapia Smith >>> Lemon Internet S.A. >>> ctapia@lemongroup.cl >>> http://www.lemongroup.cl >>> Antonia L=C3=B3pez de Bello 172, Of. 801 >>>Fono: +562-7377682 >>> Santiago, Chile >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >>> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ >> >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us >> old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ >> >=20 >=20 > --=20 > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > Digital Revolutionaries > Shamrock Chambers > 1-2 Eustace Street > Temple Bar,Dublin 2 > Ireland > ---------------------------------------------- > [t]: ++ 353 1 440 3907 > [f]: ++ 353 1 443 0720 > [e]: > [w]: > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > --------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > archives: http://mail.webdna.us/list/talk@webdna.us > old archives: http://dev.webdna.us/TalkListArchive/ "Dan Strong"

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