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FirstSpirit BasicSearch

The FirstSpirit BasicSearch documentation describes the licence-dependent FirstSpirit module for linking different search engines. Different possible uses are conceivable:

  • FirstSpirit BasicSearch links an external search engine or another data source (e.g. database) to the web applications managed by FirstSpirit (Preview, Generation).
  • FirstSpirit BasicSearch provides an internal search engine.
  • FirstSpirit BasicSearch can extend existing search engines to include additional functions. Examples of this are multilingualism, freely definable categories and dynamic filters.
  • FirstSpirit BasicSearch in conjunction with FirstSpirit DynamicPersonalization can filter search results for certain users and groups. Only the search results for which the respective user (or group) has appropriate rights or permissions are output.

The contents of a website can grow relatively fast. It is necessary to use search engines so that the user can quickly obtain the required information.

One disadvantage of many available search engines is their poor extension capability. For example, indexing unknown document formats, unrestricted ability to define attributes (so-called meta information) or the linking of an external data source is frequently required. Many search engines can only fulfil these requirements incompletely or inadequately. With the FirstSpirit BasicSearch module it is possible to optionally link internal or external search engines to FirstSpirit. The FirstSpirit BasicSearch module can also be used to extend existing search engines to include additional functions.

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This documentation is relevant for the following user groups:

User group

Chapter

Administrators

  • Chapter 2: Describes the building block principle of the module "FirstSpirit BasicSearch".
  • Chapter 3: Describes how to install the module FirstSpirit BasicSearch on the server and how to install the web component in a project.

Developers

  • Chapter 2: Describes the building block principle of the module "FirstSpirit BasicSearch".
  • Chapter 4: This chapter specifies all XML tags and attributes which can be used for configuring the FirstSpirit BasicSearch module. Tags are divided into general and specials tags.
  • Chapter 5: Introduction to the tag library for controlling the web application. Including detailed examples how to display search results, output categories and realize navigation options through the search result lists by means of FirstSpirit BasicSearch.
  • Chapter 6: Introduces the search servlet for operating search queries and specifies all applicable configuration parameter.
  • Chapter 7: This chapter contains an example for the simulation of multicategorism and multilingualism.
  • Chapter 8: The appendix contains notes about how to treat indexed fields and documents in the Lucene index using the tool Luke – Lucene Index Toolbox, which can be used for troubleshooting.

  

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