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List:       freetrade
Subject:    RE: [FreeTrade] Latest feedback
From:       Tom Henry <tomhenry () direct-connection ! com>
Date:       1999-04-06 20:43:18
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Hmmm... very interesting that you bring that up.

IMO the example given could as easily be construed to be 

"An Art Deco Lamp" is part of the product description

"lighting"  is an (additional or a synonym for a) product category

User searches against the database could be constructed to query one or
both of the description/category fields at the store owner's option.

The usual difficulty is getting the store owner to develop the additional
category entries that are above and beyond those used in their own
catalog/vocabulary.

What think thee?

Tom


At 04:08 PM 4/6/99 , you wrote:
>So here's the problem.  Suppose you have a product that's a lamp.  It's
>description is something like "An Art Deco Lamp".  Then someone enters
>"lighting" into the search engine.  It won't match.  So, either you can have
>keywords, or you can build a system of related concepts where lamp and
>lighting are associated.  The first solution could be labor intensive, but
>relatively easy to figure out.  The second option is probably beyond the
>scope of this project.  Anyone have another idea for solving the problem?
>
>Leon
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