From lucene-user-return-8582-apmail-jakarta-lucene-user-archive=jakarta.apache.org@jakarta.apache.org Fri Jun 04 01:52:54 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-lucene-user-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 51266 invoked from network); 4 Jun 2004 01:52:54 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur-2.apache.org with SMTP; 4 Jun 2004 01:52:54 -0000 Received: (qmail 70015 invoked by uid 500); 4 Jun 2004 01:53:08 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-jakarta-lucene-user-archive@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 69966 invoked by uid 500); 4 Jun 2004 01:53:08 -0000 Mailing-List: contact lucene-user-help@jakarta.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Lucene Users List" Reply-To: "Lucene Users List" Delivered-To: mailing list lucene-user@jakarta.apache.org Received: (qmail 69952 invoked by uid 99); 4 Jun 2004 01:53:08 -0000 Received: from [160.218.43.220] (HELO smtp.etmail.cz) (160.218.43.220) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.27.1) with ESMTP; Thu, 03 Jun 2004 18:53:08 -0700 Received: from COM (gprs40-2.eurotel.cz [160.218.40.2]) by smtp.etmail.cz (Postfix) with SMTP id 97D0027299 for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 03:52:33 +0200 (CEST) To: "Lucene Users List" Subject: Re: Writing a stemmer From: "Leo Galambos" Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2004 3:54:00 0200 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MultiMail(c) Deluxe 1998-2001 2.61, Palm, Inc. X-Sender: lgs@centrum.cz Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <20040604015233.97D0027299@smtp.etmail.cz> X-Virus-Checked: Checked X-Spam-Rating: minotaur-2.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N Erik Hatcher wrote: __________ >> How proficient must I be in a language for which I wish to write the >> stemmer? >I would venture to say you would need to be an expert in a language to >write a decent stemmer. I'm sorry for a self-promo ;), but the stemmer of egothor project can be adapted to any language, and you needn't be a language expert. Moreover, the stemmer achieves better F-measure than Porter's stemmers. Cheers, Leo --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: lucene-user-unsubscribe@jakarta.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: lucene-user-help@jakarta.apache.org