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

[Chris Cormack]

On 7/02/2014 12:26 am, "Stefano Bargioni" <bargioni at pusc.it> wrote:
>
> Hi Martin,
> thanks a lot for your message. ElasticSearch might not be the best search
engine for Koha.
> However, we know that some developers prefer it to Solr. In order to
determine this, the Hackfest in Marseille will be important. Otherwise we
could conduct a survey.
> Of course, Chris' opinion is welcome...! Both on the project itself and
on the complementation / substitution of Zebra. The Koha Gruppo Italiano
hopes that Chris and other developers will participate in the Koha Hackfest.
>

As Martin said, work is already well under way, we have Indexing and basic
searching working now and working on browse.

You can follow along on the branch Martin mentioned.

We aren't removing Zebra, just adding Elasticsearch as an option.

I'd love to participate in the hackfest, if you would like to fund my
travel :-)

Chris
> Bye Stefano
>
> On 05/feb/2014, at 17.59, Martin Renvoize wrote:
>
>> It's great to see such an interest in putting ElasticSearch into Koha.
>>
>> May I suggest you try to catch up with Chris Cormack.. he stated in the
3.16 Architectural Goals mail thread on this list that he was already
working on integrating ElasticSearch (some Catalyst with Bywater
collaboration I believe), visible here:
http://git.catalyst.net.nz/gw?p=koha.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/elastic_search
>>
>> I'm sure he'll pipe up by himself soon enough.. but it would be terrible
to see duplicated effort.. on the flip side it would be great to see some
more collaboration and funding for the developers to be able to spend more
time on getting this right.
>>
>> Martin Renvoize
>> Software Engineer, PTFS Europe Ltd
>> Content Management and Library Solutions
>> Skype:
>> Landline: 0203 286 8685
>> Mobile: 07725985636
>>
>> http://www.ptfs-europe.com
>>
>>
>> On 5 February 2014 16:34, Stefano Bargioni <bargioni at pusc.it> wrote:
>>>
>>> The Koha Gruppo Italiano is proud to present a new project for the
development of Koha.
>>>
>>> Recently the community has shown a big interest in substituting Zebra
with a new search engine. How this is done -- whether Zebra is replaced or
complemented, etc. -- will determine the workload and necessary financial
support.
>>>
>>> The Koha Gruppo Italiano wants to promote the project through a
crowd-funding campaign, sponsorships, events, endorsements etc.
>>>
>>> The Koha Gruppo Italiano would like to bring together the community of
developers to determine the possibility of introducing the new search
engine, to set up the work flow, and to collect the funding necessary for
the project. On March 11, 2014 the project will be presented in Marseille
at the Koha Hackfest for evaluation. Important software editors/producers
working for Koha, and others interested in the project will be invited. The
project will be presented by Stefano Bargioni, Deputy Director and System
Librarian at the Library of the Pontificia Università della Santa Croce.
The goal is to discuss solutions, and propose ideas in order to take
initial decisions.
>>>
>>> The project and its progress can be followed through the website <
http://kohagruppoitaliano.moonfruit.com>, on FB <
http://www.facebook.com/KohaGruppoItaliano> and on Twitter <
https://twitter.com/kohagruppoit>.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> We are grateful to all developers who will be contributing to our
project. We hope that this project is seen favorably within the community,
and specifically wish that the Librarian community worldwide see the
benefits of this project and would be willing to assist us with finding
financial support.
>>>
>>> Kindest regards,
>>> Franziska Wallner, Stefano Bargioni, Sebastian Hierl, Juan Diego Ramirez
>>>
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