Using a Custom Facet to Aggregate Values
MarkLogic’s Search API makes it easy to create search facets–all you need to do is declare an index on a specific element, then add an option to your search request specifying that the element should...
View ArticleSolr in Gartner’s Enterprise Search Quadrant
I just finished reading Gartner’s 2013 “ Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Search”. I felt compelled to share some differences from their opinion about Solr Search Engines like LucidWorks Search based on...
View ArticleSemantics + Search : MarkLogic 7 Gets RDF
Let’s talk Org Charts for a moment. Everyone knows what an org chart looks like. At the top you have the boss guy, Mr. Bigg, CEO of Bigg Business, Inc. At the second tier, you have his lieutenants,...
View ArticleSemantic Enrichment
What is this article about? This paragraph? This phrase? A common thread that we see with publishers concerns the task of making the content of an article, chapter or blog post understandable not just...
View ArticleMetadata Management – Semantics for Big Data?
Over the course of the last six months, I’ve been fairly heavily involved in the realm of Metadata Management. Never heard of it? You will. Chances are, somewhere in your organization, there’s a room...
View ArticleThe Promise of Big Data is More Than Big Throughput
There are good reasons for the buzz behind “Big Data” and the promise it offers for business, government, etc. We hear about the importance of data-driven decisions and how they can deliver...
View ArticleThrough a Glass Darkly: Technology Trends for 2014
Every year, when possible, I spend the last couple of weeks of the year reflecting back at the period just past and try to pick out what trends I see as being most significant to me. This is not...
View ArticleOntology for Fun and Profit
The IT sector is notable for coming up with unique job titles – from the various C permutations – CIO, CTO, CDO, etc. – to Test Wranglers, Scrum Masters and UX Designers. One that you’re likely to...
View ArticleSolving the Problems of Enterprise Search
Organizations generally recognize that an enterprise-wide search platform can benefit employee and staff productivity by making the full digital knowledge of the enterprise available. Sadly, the...
View ArticleApache Solr JDBC – DbVisualizer
Overview My previous post on Apache Solr JDBC gave an introduction of the feature and a sneak peak into some of the SQL clients and database visualization tools that can be connected to Apache Solr....
View ArticleApache Solr JDBC – SQuirrel SQL
Overview My previous post in my Apache Solr JDBC blog series showed how to connect DbVisualizer to Apache Solr. This post highlights how to connect SQuirrel SQL to Solr using the JDBC driver. SQuirrel...
View ArticleApache Solr JDBC – Apache Zeppelin (incubating)
Overview My previous post in my Apache Solr JDBC blog series showed how to connect SQuirrel SQL to Apache Solr. This post highlights how to connect Apache Zeppelin (incubating) to Apache Solr using the...
View ArticleApache Solr JDBC – How to get involved
Overview My previous post in my Apache Solr JDBC blog series showed how to connect Apache Zeppelin (incubating) to Apache Solr. This post describes how you can get involved with Apache Solr and the...
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