Search API

DOMS Search uses simple search methods of the Summa Search interface.

WSDL: attachment:DomsGUISearch.xml

Content of this page:

• [#operations Operations]
• [#resultXML Result XML Description]
• [#example Result XML Example]

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Operations

simpleSearch

This method executes the given query and returns a search result ranked by relevance.

Input parameters:

• String query The query string.

• int numberOfRecords The maximum number of records returned in search result.

• int startIndex The number of the first record to return.

Returns:

• String simpleSearchReturn The search result sorted by relevance as structured XML document. See [#resultXML description] below.

Throws:

• java.rmi.RemoteException

simpleSearchSorted

This method executes the given query and returns a search result ranked by the given sort key.

Input parameters:

• String query The query string.

• int numberOfRecords The maximum number of records returned in search result.

• int startIndex The number of the first record to return.

• String sortKey The key to sort by.

• boolean reverse A boolean indication whether or not to sort in reverse.

Returns:

• String simpleSearchReturn The search result sorted by the given key, reversed if so indicated, as structured XML document. See [#resultXML description] below.

Throws:

• java.rmi.RemoteException

Anchor(resultXML)

Result XML Description

The result string defined by Summa is XML, in the following form:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>  
<responsecollection>  
  <response>  response-xml-1 </response>  
  <response>  response-xml-2 </response>  
  ... 
<responsecollection> 

Possible responses are document response, facet result and others. In DOMS we only use document response, which looks like this:

<documentresult filter="..." query="..." startIndex="..." maxRecords="..." sortKey="..." 
                reverseSort="..." fields="..." searchTime="..." hitCount="...">  
  <record score="..." sortValue="...">  
    <field name="recordID">...</field>  
    <field name="shortformat">...</field>  
  </record>  
  ... 
</documentresult>

Currently, we do not have a schema for the result. The result can be read as follows:

documentresult element

• Attribute filter is not used in simple search results.

• Attributes query, startIndex, maxRecords, sortKey, reverseSort: Same as input to method.

• Attribute fields: Always "recordID, shortformat" in DOMS.

• Attribute searchTime: Time it took to search.

• Attribute hitCount: Number of results.

record element

• Attribute score: relevancy ranking, value from 0 to 1.

• Attribute sortValue is the value that the sort was performed on.

field element

• Attribute name: In DOMS always either recordID or shortformat.

• Contents are the PID for recordID, or XML for shortformat.

The XML for shortformat is of the following form:

<shortrecord>
  <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
    <rdf:Description>
      <dc:title>...</dc:title>
      <dc:creator>...</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>...</dc:date>
      <dc:type xml:lang="da">netdokument</dc:type>
      <dc:type xml:lang="en">net document</dc:type>
      <dc:identifier>...</dc:identifier>
      ...
    </rdf:Description>
  </rdf:RDF>
</shortrecord>

The important elements are the "dc" fields. They will contain the actual results.

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Result XML Example

This example is the same as the one given by the [http://wiki.statsbiblioteket.dk/summa/Community/Tutorials/MinimalDeployment Summa Minimal Deployment Tutorial], except without the facet result response.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<responsecollection>
<response name="DocumentResponse">
<documentresult query="narrative" startIndex="0" maxRecords="20" sortKey="summa-score" reverseSort="false" fields="main_titel, lsubject, lsu_oai, author_normalised, recordID, shortformat" searchTime="8" hitCount="2">
  <record score="0.20924361" id="122" source="NA">
    <field name="main_titel">Pensare per immagini: una strada per la coscienza</field>
    <field name="lsubject">NoSubject</field>
    <field name="lsu_oai">NoOAI</field>
    <field name="author_normalised">Ferdinando Testa</field>
    <field name="recordID">oai:oai:doaj-articles:badd9ac32fc2e096cf76fec4f0d19250</field>
    <field name="shortformat"><shortrecord>
<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
<rdf:Description>
<dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Pensare per immagini: una strada per la coscienza</dc:title>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Ferdinando Testa</dc:creator>
<dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2005</dc:date>
<dc:type xml:lang="da" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">netdokument</dc:type>
<dc:type xml:lang="en" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">net document</dc:type>
<dc:identifier xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">http://www.analisiqualitativa.com/magma/0304/articolo_01.htm</dc:identifier>
<dc:identifier xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&amp;genre=article&amp;issn=17219809&amp;date=2005&amp;volume=03&amp;issue=04&amp;spage=</dc:identifier>
<dc:format xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">todo</dc:format>
</rdf:Description>
</rdf:RDF>
</shortrecord></field>
  </record>
  <record score="0.20924361" id="149" source="NA">
    <field name="main_titel">La narrazione: dimensione ontologica della formazione</field>
    <field name="lsubject">NoSubject</field>
    <field name="lsu_oai">NoOAI</field>
    <field name="author_normalised">Francesca Pulvirenti</field>
    <field name="recordID">oai:oai:doaj-articles:dd2dffe34df1293e045aee58f06a5c3f</field>
    <field name="shortformat"><shortrecord>
<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
<rdf:Description>
<dc:title xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">La narrazione: dimensione ontologica della formazione</dc:title>
<dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Francesca Pulvirenti</dc:creator>
<dc:date xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">2005</dc:date>
<dc:type xml:lang="da" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">netdokument</dc:type>
<dc:type xml:lang="en" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">net document</dc:type>
<dc:identifier xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">http://www.analisiqualitativa.com/magma/0303/editoriale.htm</dc:identifier>
<dc:identifier xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=openurl&amp;genre=article&amp;issn=17219809&amp;date=2005&amp;volume=03&amp;issue=03&amp;spage=</dc:identifier>
<dc:format xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">todo</dc:format>
</rdf:Description>
</rdf:RDF>
</shortrecord></field>
  </record>
</documentresult>
</response>
</responsecollection>