Wikipedia as Open Source Search Reference

August 3, 2010

Short honk: It is commonplace to utilize Wikipedia for most research projects, but remember that Wikipedia is also a valuable reference point of information for open source coding developments and search engines. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines lists nearly twenty open source engine lists, and it includes a number of updates.

In typical Wikipedia style, all entries are conveniently organized in outline from, with each heading containing a URL for quick access. Entries are categorized by content, information type, model (includes open source, semantic, social, metasearch, visual, appliances, desktop engines, and usenet), ‘based on’ listings, and even defunct search engines.

When searching by model for open source search engines, you’ll find a wealth of info on Lucene, Nutch, Sphinx, and Zettair. Lucene’s article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucene is reasonably well-researched, providing cross-references to other open source code. The Lucene Revolution conference in Boston, Mass. on October 7 and 8, 2010, is an excellent event if you are interested in open source search.

Brett Quinn, August 3, 2010

Written by Stephen E. Arnold · Filed Under News, Open source, Search, Text processing

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One Response to “Wikipedia as Open Source Search Reference”

Jan Høydahl on August 4th, 2010 5:55 am

Also see the excellent article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_Search_engine

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