Re: Word-Level Inverted File Structure

In article <39e4319a$0$11625$7f31c96c_at_news01.syd.optusnet.com.au>,   "Pete Nayler" <nayler_at_dingoblue.net.au> wrote:

> Thanks for the reply, but in the book, it gives an example of
>indexing using
> a series of documents, giving the word listing as follows:
>
> cold - <2;(1;6),(4;8)>
> hot - <2;(3;2),(6;2)>
> warm - <2;(1;3),(4;4)>
> etc...
>
> As you can see, the first term is always "2", which preceeds the
>document
> and then the position. Puzzling...
>
> Pete
>
Just my two cents;
If in <s1;(d1;w1,w2),(d2;w3,w4)>
 w represents the word position in a document and  d represents the document in which that word exists, then maybe  s represents the next higher level, which is the place where that document is stored; a directory, map or cabinet.

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