Re: How to search for MetaData?

[Vadim Gritsenko <va...@reverycodes.com>]

mailbox@pfeuffer-net.de wrote:

>I'm running Xindice 1.1b4 in a tomcat 5.0.19 environment and I want to
>search for stored documents by using the MetaData Information, Xindice
>assigned to the documents.
>
>It was no big problem to import and export both, XMLResources and
>BinaryResources. Also the assignment of SystemMetaData (CreationDate,
>ModificationDate) and CustomMetaData (based on Dublin Core) could be
>realized. But how can I query the database (for example per XPath) and
>search for specific documents using the MetaData-Information.
>
>My first idea was to store the MetaData inside the XMLResources and query by
>XPath, but this doesn't work with binary objects of course.
>
>I didn't find any functions for querying MetaData in the DB:XML API.
>
>Perhaps anyone can help me?
>  
>

Unfortunately, such function is not implemented. If you can, you can 
implement it and send patches to the dev list for incorporation into 
xindice.

Thanks,
Vadim