Newbie synonyms question

["Lee, Andrew J (CA - Toronto)" <an...@deloitte.ca>]

Sorry if this question has already been answered, but it is regarding
synonyms.

I am using the WordNet/Synonyms index and using the following algorithm
to create synonym searches (this is a dumbed down version):

Look up a the "base" word in the synonym index
In my search string, replace all instances of the base word with
"(synonym1 | synonym 2 | ... | synonym n)"
Use this new search string against my search index

1)  Is there an easier / more efficient way to go about this?
2)  Does Lucene have any built-in capability to handle synonyms?  For
example, can I point it to the synonym index and let Lucene perform all
the work of synonym lookup / replacement?

Thanks in advance,

Andrew Lee




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Re: Newbie synonyms question

[Otis Gospodnetic <ot...@yahoo.com>]

Hi Andrew,

There is othing built into Lucene for synonyms, but you can grab the code from Lucene in Action to see how they can be handled (plus: http://www.lucenebook.com/search?query=synonyms for some context)

Otis

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From: "Lee, Andrew J (CA - Toronto)" <an...@deloitte.ca>
To: java-user@lucene.apache.org
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 8:52:10 PM
Subject: Newbie synonyms question

Sorry if this question has already been answered, but it is regarding

synonyms.



I am using the WordNet/Synonyms index and using the following algorithm

to create synonym searches (this is a dumbed down version):



Look up a the "base" word in the synonym index

In my search string, replace all instances of the base word with

"(synonym1 | synonym 2 | ... | synonym n)"

Use this new search string against my search index



1)  Is there an easier / more efficient way to go about this?

2)  Does Lucene have any built-in capability to handle synonyms?  For

example, can I point it to the synonym index and let Lucene perform all

the work of synonym lookup / replacement?



Thanks in advance,



Andrew Lee









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