[Wasabi] FOSDEM conclusions - finalizing the search spec

[jamie]

On Tue, 2007-03-13 at 20:13 +0100, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen wrote:
> 2007/3/13, jamie <jamiemcc at blueyonder.co.uk>:
>         On Tue, 2007-03-13 at 22:52 +0800, Fabrice Colin wrote:
>         > On 3/13/07, jamie <jamiemcc at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>         > > 1) in tracker the service type being searched is mandatory
>         - I would 
>         > > prefer it to be a session property or even better a param
>         in the
>         > > NewSearch method. If it remains part of the xml then that
>         bit should be
>         > > mandatory in the xml schema/dtd
>         > > 
>         > Wouldn't it be possible for you guys to default to all
>         service types, unless
>         > something like :
>         >   <equals>
>         >     <property name="wasabi:service"/>
>         >     <string caseSensitive="false">EMail</string> 
>         >   </equals>
>         > is specified in the query ?
>         >
>         
>         Its possible for us to do a search everything but it would
>         mean more
>         work for us as our current architecture is highly service
>         dependant.
>         
>         Unless there is a need to search everything (and Im not sure
>         there is?)
>         its unlikely we will implement it.
> 
> Just to clarify - in the Tracker  jargon you would query a the service
> "audio" by adding the type attribute to the query element: 
> 
> <request>
>   <query type="audio">
>       <fullText>
>           <string>hendrix</string>
>      </fullText>
>   </query>
> </request>
> 
> 
> As noted in another mail I don't see any problem defaulting to
> type="all" (this could be used for debugging both apps and search
> engines). With a little documentation people will know to avoid it
> generally, no? 

we would default to "All Files" then as we dont do an "All" yet.

jamie.