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Web Search Service Status Report July 2003
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joanne M. Hallisey)
Fri Aug 8 12:08:48 2003
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From: "Joanne M. Hallisey" <hallisey@MIT.EDU>
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Project Name: Web Search Service
Project Leader: Joanne Hallisey
Report Date: August 8 , 2003
URL: http://web.mit.edu/is/discovery/search/
Accomplishments in July
- Set up Google Appliance and began to work with it to determine capabilities.
- Determined early that one collection and 300,000 pages are not
adequate for MIT Home Page needs.
- Paul Heffernan continued work on agreement for beta testing of 500,000 pages.
- Worked with search appliance
- Hubert Pham, team member, researched capabilities and demonstrated
the Google evaluation appliance
- experimented with search results
- the output looks (Std Google etc.)
- Acquired license to evaluate the upgrade of Ultraseek (Verity -
current search engine)
- Established a timeline for evaluating Google vs. Ultraseek
- Identified some issues:
- The Google CSS clashes with IS's; we have to be careful with customizations.
- Conference call with Google rep about what MIT would need fro
full-size indexing. He explained Google's terminology and approach
to defining collections.
Goals for August
- Need to clarify if Google differentiates between the documentation
of the XML being "confidential" or the actual XML is confidential.
- See how to prevent XML from showing.
- Narrow down the data sets for comparing Google with Ultraseek.
- Ask Google about SSL capacity for later use - August
Ongoing tasks
- Review rules for existing search service
- Determine final definition for data sets for new service
- Define rules for new service
- Contact Resources to determine how to appropriately thank Google
- Determine solution for conversion of query forms if required.
Next Community Milestone
- none scheduled
Issues
- none reported
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<div>Project Name: Web Search Service</div>
<div>Project Leader: Joanne Hallisey</div>
<div>Report Date: August 8 , 2003</div>
<div>URL: http://web.mit.edu/is/discovery/search/<br>
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<div>Accomplishments in July</div>
<div>- Set up Google Appliance and began to work with it to determine
capabilities.</div>
<div>- Determined early that one collection and 300,000 pages are not
adequate for MIT Home Page needs.</div>
<div>- Paul Heffernan continued work on agreement for beta testing of
500,000 pages.</div>
<div>- Worked with search appliance</div>
<blockquote>- Hubert Pham, team member, researched capabilities and
demonstrated the Google evaluation appliance</blockquote>
<blockquote>- experimented with search results</blockquote>
<blockquote>- the output looks (Std Google etc.)</blockquote>
<blockquote><br></blockquote>
<div>- Acquired license to evaluate the upgrade of Ultraseek (Verity -
current search engine)</div>
<div>- Established a timeline for evaluating Google vs.
Ultraseek</div>
<div>- Identified some issues:</div>
<blockquote>- The Google CSS clashes with IS's; we have to be careful
with customizations.</blockquote>
<div>- Conference call with Google rep about what MIT would need fro
full-size indexing. He explained Google's terminology and
approach to defining collections.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>Goals for August</div>
<div>- Need to clarify if Google differentiates between the
documentation of the XML being "confidential" or the actual
XML is confidential.</div>
<blockquote><br></blockquote>
<div>- See how to prevent XML from showing.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>- Narrow down the data sets for comparing Google with
Ultraseek.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>- Ask Google about SSL capacity for later use - August</div>
<div><br>
Ongoing tasks<br>
- Review rules for existing search service<br>
- Determine final definition for data sets for new service<br>
- Define rules for new service<br>
- Contact Resources to determine how to appropriately thank
Google</div>
<div>- Determine solution for conversion of query forms if
required.<br>
</div>
<div>Next Community Milestone<br>
- none scheduled<br>
</div>
<div>Issues</div>
<div>- none reported</div>
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