Re: [WebDNA] Foreign characters (2009)
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2009
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 102307
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texte = I totally misunderstood. Sorry about that. I don't work in other spoken l=anguages, so I haven't=20dealt directly with this problem, but I wrote a custom search that does, =among other things, a=20lookup to a thesaurus API ( http://words.bighugelabs.com/api.php ) in add=ition to WebDNA's regular=20searching. Any synonyms for "cafe" (restaurant, caf=C3=A9 (maybe) etc.) a=re then written to a=20thesaurus.db and those synonyms are used to search with again. To be kind= to the API, before I=20search my local theasarus.db in case the search has already taken place. =It's basically a bunch of=20different searches and all "hits" are written to a [table] and ranked the=n displayed. It's=20actually 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=20and each click is considered a human "vote" that gives weight to the rank=. Over some years this=20has become a pretty good search.-DanOn 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/
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I totally misunderstood. Sorry about that. I don't work in other spoken l=anguages, so I haven't=20dealt directly with this problem, but I wrote a custom search that does, =among other things, a=20lookup to a thesaurus API ( http://words.bighugelabs.com/api.php ) in add=ition to WebDNA's regular=20searching. Any synonyms for "cafe" (restaurant, caf=C3=A9 (maybe) etc.) a=re then written to a=20thesaurus.db and those synonyms are used to search with again. To be kind= to the API, before I=20search my local theasarus.db in case the search has already taken place. =It's basically a bunch of=20different searches and all "hits" are written to a [table] and ranked the=n displayed. It's=20actually 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=20and each click is considered a human "vote" that gives weight to the rank=. Over some years this=20has become a pretty good search.-DanOn 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/
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