Frequently Asked Questions
- Why
do we need an index
- How is
this Index created
- How
can it be improved
- Why
should publishers create an index together
- How
can we create such a cooperative index
- How
can we open it to the readers
- what
is a distributed search service
Why do we need an index
An index is needed to find the distributed information on the
internet
How is this Index created
This Index is created with the open source software, made by
the great YaCy.NET and Apache
Lucene communities.
It is initially created with a single web-crawl and updated with daily RSS Feed imports, if they are available
It is initially created with a single web-crawl and updated with daily RSS Feed imports, if they are available
How can it be improved
Instead of the initial web-crawl, the publishers local search
index databases can be imported
This can offer more metadata, and include a more correct publishing date and update time
Also, as it is very difficult to update the index of sources that doesn't publish rss feeds on their websites, a great improvement would be if the rss feeds of these sources would be made available.
This can offer more metadata, and include a more correct publishing date and update time
Also, as it is very difficult to update the index of sources that doesn't publish rss feeds on their websites, a great improvement would be if the rss feeds of these sources would be made available.
Why should publishers create an index together
Those who produce and publishes the information should make
an index to that information
Publishers can unite in some kind of cooperation for this task
Publishers can unite in some kind of cooperation for this task
How can we create such a cooperative index
Most publishers already have an search index of their local
website.
They can export it from the database en have it imported in the cooperative index
They can export it from the database en have it imported in the cooperative index
How can we open it to the readers
There a some very good open source search services available
that can do the job.
This site is using the YaCy Search Engine. For more info: https://yacy.net
This site is using the YaCy Search Engine. For more info: https://yacy.net
what is a distributed search service
A distributed search service is created by enabling access to
the cooperative index on several websites and portals.
Most likely, participants implement this by publishing a search form to this index on their websites
Most likely, participants implement this by publishing a search form to this index on their websites