Re: Word-Level Inverted File Structure

"Jan Lenders" <J.Lenders_at_Betuwe.net> wrote in message news:8s3ntn$qi0$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> 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.

That crossed my mind, but I think Jan Hidders' second guess and Tim's explanation of the reasoning behind it is quite sound. Also, placing this definition in the context of the book definately makes sense.

Thanks,
Pete Received on Thu Oct 12 2000 - 18:58:25 CEST