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SEMANTIC_SEARCH:
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- http://drupal.org/project/semantic_search
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- author Jonathan Hendler jonathan[at]civicactions.com || hendlerman[at]yahoo.com
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- updated 4/16/2007
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- created 3/6/2006
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LICENSE(S):
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- Copyright 2006,2007 Lead Architect and Engineer, Jonathan Hendler
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- AGPL CivicActions LLC
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SUMMARY:
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SEMANTIC_SEARCH is Drupal search technology which integrates with Drupal's infrastructure
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for smaller organizations/websites running Drupal.
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SEMANTIC_SEARCH is both a Web 2.0 functionality with a rich client experience and
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webservices, and a Web 3.0 (Semantic Web) ready application using SPARQL
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and an RDFStore to execute searches.
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SEMANTIC_SEARCH integrates with Drupal's CCK and taxonomy modules, as well as some other
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Drupal node types.
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GOALS:
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1. Easy to install
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2. Easy to configure
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3. Performant on searches over 1000s of Nodes/ Taxonomy terms
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4. Import export, and synchronized live sharing
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5. Adoption by the Drupal community
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6. Integration with other RDFstores and sites on the Semantic Web
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PREREQUISITES:
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- basic understanding of Drupal
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- Drupal 4.7.x, Drupal 5.x.x site with existing content
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- PHP 5.x
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- MySQL 5 (significant bug with MySQL 4 and ARC)
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- you may need to increase PHPs memory and timeout in the php.ini
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for the imports into SEMANTIC_SEARCH from Drupal
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BUNDLED SOFTWARE:
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- ARC: The fastest, most portable, RDF Store in native PHP
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- SONIA: an abstraction layer for ARC to be used by SEMANTIC_SEARCH
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CURRENT FEATURES:
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- jQuery Interface and RPC in both 5.x.x and 4.7.x installs
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- data is pulled from Drupal and is Synced all at once or on update
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- sync from chosen CCK types and their Taxonomy to the RDF store/search
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- search, rpc, and datastore are separate modules which can be enabled
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- export to RDF
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- fully themable
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- /admin/semantic_search/export
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- export the RDF
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- admin/settings/semantic_search
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- cache builder
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- resync of data
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- configuration of which CCK fields are searched on
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PLANNED FEATURES:
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- default search available at [site]/semantic_search
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- multiple pages containing multiple searches
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- full Drupal 5 integration
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- taxonomy, tags, node relation, blog, events, and other Node types searchable
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- tested to fully work without javascript/ Section 508 compliance
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- IL8 integration (Internationalization, Translations, etc)
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- relationships module integration
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- /admin/
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- microformats import/export
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- RSS export of searches
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- P2P data sharing
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- SPARQL debug window
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- other Store for Performance and other options
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- more complete automated tests
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FILE OVERVIEW:
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(in drupal/modules/semantic_search. Non-relevent files excluded)
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- conf/
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- semantic_search.conf.inc.sample
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is a configuration file that you will need to copy and edit
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- settings.php.sample
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provides a drupal settings.php file with the added include needed for SEMANTIC_SEARCH
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- semantic_search.constants.inc
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provides constants used through out the program. this should not need to be
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edited
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- css/
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- semantic_search.css
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the css file needed by semantic_search
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- includes/
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- semantic_search.admin.inc (planned removal)
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most functions here are obsolete does use the rdf export
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- semantic_search.app.api.inc (planned development)
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will be used to enforce coder generated
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- semantic_search.app.inc
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the file currently used to generate the search form. This file is what must
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be customized any time a semantic_search app is created.
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- semantic_search.app.inc.sample (planned development)
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a definitive sample file to guide for coders. Will be completed for Drupal 5
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- semantic_search.helpers.inc
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a set of static functions used through-out SEMANTIC_SEARCH (will grow)
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- semantic_search.lang.inc (planned removal)
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before SEMANTIC_SEARCH was Drupal only.
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- semantic_search.node_hooks.inc
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helper functions for working with drupal hooks
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- semantic_search.node.search.inc
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the main object instantiated to interface with SONIA
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there are many obsolete functions being reworked
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- js/
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- semantic_search_fx.js
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dhtml functions
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- semantic_search_test.js
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code to test that ajax works
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also contains some benchmarking code
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- semantic_search.js
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rpc functions for interacting with the server
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also the main control functions
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- tests/
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- in progress benchmarking
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- semantic_search_rpc.module
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a separate but required module for implementing RPC RPC calls
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- semantic_search.install
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sets up semantic_search (mostly the ARC DB) based on config options
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- semantic_search.module
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the primary module for semantic_search
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- themes (planned development)
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