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Introduction to Lucene Connectors Framework – Part 1

April 16th, 2010 by Ralph Benjamin Ruijs
(http://blog.jteam.nl/2010/04/16/introduction-to-lucene-connectors-framework-part-1/)

In my previous blog, Searching your Java CMS using Apache Solr: Introduction, I looked at how to synchronize the information in a Java CMS with a Solr index. This blog is an introduction to the Lucene Connectors Framework, a crawler framework I will use to solve the problem of making the information from a Java CMS search-able using Solr. I will show you how to build, deploy and get it running as a web crawler. In part 2 of this introduction I will extend LCF with a new Connector.

The Lucene Connectors Framework, an incubator project at Apache, provides a framework for connecting a source content repository to target repositories or indexes, such as Apache Solr. Last month the Lucene Connector Framework published their first build-able sources.
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State of Solr

April 14th, 2010 by Chris Male
(http://blog.jteam.nl/2010/04/14/state-of-solr/)

What happened to Solr 1.5? what is Solr 3.1? and what about Solr Cloud? In the last few months, there have been many changes to Solr that can leave users confused about which version to use, what features each version provides, and when (and if) they will be released. This blog entry will try to clarify the State of Solr.
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Enterprise Search using Solr and Lucene

April 1st, 2010 by Bram Smeets
(http://blog.jteam.nl/2010/04/01/enterprise-search-using-solr-and-lucene/)

The Enterprise Search market has long been dominated by commercial vendors and their products (e.g. Autonomy and Fast). We at JTeam feel that this era is finally over. At least for certain customers and requirements, there is finally a good Open Source alternative: Apache Solr, which is the Enterprise Search server based on Apache Lucene. In this blog post we’ll give our view on enterprise search and explain how Lucene and Solr can help you realize your projects.

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Searching your Java CMS using Apache Solr: Introduction

March 31st, 2010 by Ralph Benjamin Ruijs
(http://blog.jteam.nl/2010/03/31/searching-your-java-cms-using-apache-solr-introduction/)

All Content Management Systems (CMS) provide the capability for users to search the content and browse the result. However, commonly this functionality turns out to be insufficient. This can be either because you want to allow users to search over multiple sources (the content repository, but also some external system) and combine the result. Or because you want to offer your users more advanced search functionality like “Did you mean…” functionality or facetted navigation. Therefore, you might want to consider using an advanced, open source search solution like Apache Solr. This blog post is the first in a serie that will introduce searching different CMS solutions using Apache Solr.

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Language analysis comparable to Fast / Endeca for Solr

March 30th, 2010 by Martijn van Groningen
(http://blog.jteam.nl/2010/03/30/language-analysis-comparable-fast-endeca-available-solr/)

Good, solid language analysis is a very important asset for the quality of your search results. It is one of the features that for instance Microsoft Fast and Endeca are using as one of their unique selling points. However, you can get the same powerful analysis when using Apache Solr to implement your search.

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First Dutch Lucene User Group Meetup

January 20th, 2010 by Uri Boness
(http://blog.jteam.nl/2010/01/20/first-dutch-lucene-user-group-meetup/)

August last year, we announced the new Dutch Lucene User Group with the intention to provide a platform for knowledge sharing and discussions for the Lucene community in The Netherlands. Obviously, beyond setting up a dedicated website for that, the main activity of this usergroup should be in the form of periodic meetups. Unfortunately it didn’t work out to execute it last year, but this year we would really like to get it going and put more efforts in it, and first step I guess is setting up a first meetup.

So I’m pleased to announce the first Dutch Lucene User Group Meetup. It will take place on 17th February (Wednesday) at the JTeam headquarters office. This first meetup will be split into two parts:

  • Introduction to the user group and the members. We’ll have a discussion about what we would all like to see coming out of this user group and what activities we would like to have.
  • The next part will be more technical. Anne Veling will share with us some of his experience of large scale Solr deployment that he’s working on.

If you wish to attend, please send us an email to: events@lucene-nl.org

Date: 17th February 2010

Time: 17:00
Location:
Frederiksplein 1
1017XK Amsterdam
The Netherlands

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A new and improved Spatial Solr

November 18th, 2009 by Preeti Gholap
(http://blog.jteam.nl/2009/11/18/a-new-and-improved-spatial-solr/)

Introducing the Solr Spatial Plugin

What do a directory services company, a wholesaler of bathroom fittings,  a social events guide, an oceanographic data centre and the pan-European library initiative have in common? They all need to offer their clients the ability to search and filter results within a flexible geographic area, defined by the user.

With a variety of businesses needing to customize search results to the preferences of a narrowly targeted audience, there’s an increasing demand for incorporating geographical location information into standard search functionality.

In response, JTeam has recently launched the Solr Spatial Plugin (SSP): a free, standalone, enterprise-ready plugin enabling location based search, built on top of the open source project Apache Solr.

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JTeam Search Symposium – Session Topics

November 11th, 2009 by Bram Smeets
(http://blog.jteam.nl/2009/11/11/jteam-search-symposium-session-topics/)

Tomorrow, JTeam is hosting the second edition of our Search Symposium. The following two session (see read more / below) will be presented and will serve as input for the discussion afterward. If you are working in the search domain and would like to join us, sign up by sending an email to: signup@jteam.nl.
Hope to see you all there!

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Improved field collapse response

November 11th, 2009 by Martijn van Groningen
(http://blog.jteam.nl/2009/11/11/improved-field-collapse-response/)

In the most recent contribution to field collapsing I have improved the response format. The old format was not properly structured, the naming of the elements not self explanatory and in some situations the response was even flawed. From my opinion a better response format was necessary in order to improve the stability of the patch and to make parsing the response easier.
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Apache Solr Training 30 Nov- 2 Dec ’09

November 3rd, 2009 by Preeti Gholap
(http://blog.jteam.nl/2009/11/03/apache-solr-training-30-nov-2-dec-09/)

Signup now for the 3 day official Introduction to Apache Solr training, now available in Amsterdam!

Introduction to Solr is a 3 day instructor-led hands-on in-classroom training course, written by the engineers who helped write the Lucene/Solr code and led by JTeam’s certified trainers. The objective of this course is to provide you with real use cases and teach you how to apply Solr search engine technologies to business requirements. During the course you will learn to apply best practices developing scalable, high availability and high performance search applications. View the course description.

This course is taught in collaboration with Lucid Imagination, the first commercial entity offering official training and support on Apache Solr and Lucene. Upon successful completion of the course, participants receive certification from Lucid.

Stay tuned for upcoming Lucene training dates.

Signup now for Solr training on 30th Nov. -2 Dec., or contact JTeam for more  information.

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