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| =====Apostrophe Searching===== | =====Apostrophe Searching===== |
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| **The problem:** Evergreen uses a modified NACO normalization scheme to better handle apostrophe searching for French records. The problem is that this normalization scheme doesn't work as well for English records as pure NACO normalization does. It also sometimes relies on stemming to find the correct search term, which causes problems for sites that disabled stemming | **The problem:** Evergreen uses a modified NACO normalization scheme to better handle apostrophe searching for French records. The problem is that this normalization scheme doesn't work as well for English records as pure NACO normalization does. It also sometimes relies on stemming to find the correct search term, which causes problems for sites that disable stemming |
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| **Who should consider this adjustment:** Evergreen sites with a database the mostly contain English-language records and that are okay with search behavior where a search for a French word like 'histoire' will not retrieve records with l'histoire. There may be other multi-lingual implications for making this tweak. Sites with mostly English records that have also disabled stemming should strongly consider this tweak. | **Who should consider this adjustment:** Evergreen sites with a database the mostly contain English-language records and that are okay with search behavior where a search for a French word like 'histoire' will not retrieve records with l'histoire. There may be other multi-lingual implications for making this tweak. Sites with mostly English records that have also disabled stemming should strongly consider this tweak. |
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| A [[scratchpad:random_magic_spells#reingesting_bib_and_authority_records_20_and_later|full reingest]] is required after making this adjustment. | A [[troubleshooting:random_magic_spells#reingesting_bib_and_authority_records_20_and_later|full reingest]] is required after making this adjustment. |
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| =====Synonym Dictionary===== | =====Synonym Dictionary===== |
| The synonym dictionary template is used to create dictionaries that replace a word with a synonym. Phrases are not supported. | The synonym dictionary template is used to create dictionaries that replace a word with a synonym. Phrases are not supported. |
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| Note: after creating a new dictionary or adding to an existing dictionary, [[scratchpad:random_magic_spells#reingesting_bib_and_authority_records_20_and_later|a reingest of all (or just the affected) records]] will be required. | Note: after creating a new dictionary or adding to an existing dictionary, [[troubleshooting:random_magic_spells#reingesting_bib_and_authority_records_20_and_later|a reingest of all (or just the affected) records]] will be required. |
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| </code> | </code> |
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| **6. [[scratchpad:random_magic_spells#reingesting_bib_and_authority_records_20_and_later|Perform a full reingest]] on the records in your database** | **6. [[troubleshooting:random_magic_spells#reingesting_bib_and_authority_records_20_and_later|Perform a full reingest]] on the records in your database** |
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| See sample [[scratchpad:sample_synonym_dictionary|Synonym Dictionary from NOBLE]] | See sample [[scratchpad:sample_synonym_dictionary|Synonym Dictionary from NOBLE]] |
