Re: Relevancy Rating
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texte = >I have written a sherlock plugin and want to utilize the relevance ranking >that >sherlock can identify. How can I create a search result that has a numeric >relevancy given with each founditem? Sherlock looks for a 100 for 100% >relevancy on down to 0 for least relevant.Unfortunately WebCatalog does not expose its relevancy information inside [founditems], but you can fake one by assuming that the topmost items are the most relevant, and using a little [math] with the [index] and [numfound] to create a smooth gradient from 100% down to 0% (I guess 50% or so would make more sense).Sherlock is very nice, and very easy to implement -- congrats to Apple!Technical Support | ==== eCommerce and Beyond ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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>I have written a sherlock plugin and want to utilize the relevance ranking >that >sherlock can identify. How can I create a search result that has a numeric >relevancy given with each founditem? Sherlock looks for a 100 for 100% >relevancy on down to 0 for least relevant.Unfortunately WebCatalog does not expose its relevancy information inside
[founditems], but you can fake one by assuming that the topmost items are the most relevant, and using a little
[math] with the [index] and [numfound] to create a smooth gradient from 100% down to 0% (I guess 50% or so would make more sense).Sherlock is very nice, and very easy to implement -- congrats to Apple!Technical Support | ==== eCommerce and Beyond ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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