[Dspace-general] what elements do you index?

[Jeffrey Trimble]

Which index?  Browse or Search?

Our Browse indexes consist of:

date (date.issued)
author (contributor.*)
title (title.*)
subject (subject.lcsh)
subject (subject.mesh)
subject (subject.att)
series (relation.ispartofseries)

We wanted to have subject indexes that were browsable also be ones  
that used pre-coordinated headings.  We check
those against the national authority files and run monthly checks on  
those since there is no authority control in DSpace.

Search indexes include the above plus several others.

Does this help?

--Jeff

Jeffrey Trimble
System LIbrarian
William F.  Maag Library
Youngstown State University
330.941.2483 (Office)
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On Jul 8, 2009, at 9:25 AM, Platt, Alice wrote:

> I’d like to get some general feedback from the DSpace community.  
> What elements did you choose to index for searches in your DSpace  
> instance?
>
> It struck me today that indexing date:dc.date* [all the dates] is  
> not a good idea, because the date accessioned will also be returned  
> when someone searches for a date --  a result that would be useless  
> to virtually all users. I’m thinking I might be missing other search  
> nuances, so any feedback about what others are doing is appreciated.
>
> Using DSpace 1.5.1 Manakin.
>
> Alice Platt
> Digital Initiatives Librarian
> Shapiro Library
> Southern New Hampshire University
> 2500 North River Rd
> Manchester, NH 03106
> USA
>
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