Description
Most ‘next generation discovery interfaces’ seem to rely on the same indexing engine named Lucene. This makes the apache Lucene project one of the most succesful open source projects. Solr is the popular, blazing fast open source enterprise search platform from the Apache Lucene project. Its major features include powerful full-text search, hit highlighting, faceted search, dynamic clustering, database integration, and rich document (e.g., Word, PDF) handling. Solr is highly scalable, providing distributed search and index replication, and it powers the search and navigation features of many of the world’s largest internet sites. Some NG discovery interfaces, such as the VUfind solution are based on Solr.
This bootcamp will provide hands on experience working with Solr.
The architecture of Solr will be described and demonstrated.
Participants will learn how to install Solr and create indexes on any collection of metadata.
Attendees can bring their own computer and leave the bootcamp with their own Solr based search solution.
Bring your own data source or work together to create a search and browse interface on your active SFX targets.
Use your SFX export tool and have your current A-Z list replaced by a powerful Solr solution.
Participants already familiar with Solr, may find their peers, get together, share their knowledge and explore special features.
