[Koha-devel] ElasticSearch for Koha - presenting the Koha Gruppo Italiano's project

[BWS Johnson]

Salvete!

    In general for your efforts: bravissimi! :D I feel that it's much needed.


> We are very interested to hearing your first impressions, your suggestions etc. 
> about this proposed project. Please respond to this e-mail if you have any 
> comments. Probably the best contributions during this early phase will be the 
> definition of the fundamentals. Example:
> 
> - Which search engine? - ElasticSearch, Solr or other (even if, at this time, 
> the name of the initial project is ElasticSearch for Koha)?
> - Should the effort focus on complementing Zebra or on its replacement?
> - Subdivide the workload.
> - Draft a road map.
> 

    A long time ago, when animals could talk, it was hoped that whatever steps were taken in search would do so agnostically so that one could select ElasticSearch, Solr, Zebra, or whatever else they so chose. This hope was coupled by the realisation that this approach would probably take longer and involve more resources than just settling on one search to end them all, BUT would be offset in guaranteeing user freedom.

    This is olde, but might be useful for Solr discussions:
http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Switch_to_Solr_RFC#Concerns

    Realise that this improvement is in discussion, but quite high in difficulty in terms of help:
http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/I_want_to_help
     
    And tooting me own horn and Jared's:
http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/C_%26_P_Search_Rewrite_RFC

Cheers,
Brooke