On 2/9/04 1:45 PM, Morbus Iff <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> Given this input, I would then create an iIndex.xml file specifying what >> content a person wanted indexed. It's a configuration file. I would then >> index their content (using whatever indexer I desired), save the index >> locally, and allow these people to search their own personal index. > > I know swish-e (http://www.swish-e.org/) allows plugins for search > types (for instance, I have a pdf plugin to grab the text inside). > Perhaps you'd want to focus on expanding swish-e? Swish-e is my favorite indexer, and I would plan to convert a person's documents to plain text or structured HTML and then index with swish-e. IMHO, Swish-e, and indexers in general, is a tool more of use librarians ought to be playing with. -- Eric Morgan