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From: Matthew Roth <mgroth86@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 15:02:12 -0400
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Subject: Re: PDF writer
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> I think this is the best option.

I really do too once I think about it some more. Rubber Ducky strikes
again. Once I say it aloud--in this case type it out--it seems much clearer
what the answer is to this question.

Thanks again. I've really appreciated all the feedback on this question.

Matt


On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 10:44 AM, Davis, Daniel (NIH/NLM) [C] <
daniel.davis@nih.gov> wrote:

> If the PDF report is truly a report, I agree with this.   We have a
> use-case with IBM InfoSphere Watson Explorer where our users want a PDF
> report on the results for their query to be generated on the fly.   They
> can then save the query and have the report emailed to them :)   Not only
> is Solr middleware - Search engines in general should be Middleware,
> because these sorts of business requirements keep coming up.   We've
> invested a lot in IBM InfoSphere Watson Explorer because it can create a
> GUI for us, but that often ends-up biting you in the end.
>
> This creates search UI's that are maintained by the "search team" while
> the corresponding application is maintained by the "developer team", and so
> look and feel can often be replicated while using different HTML,
> JavaScript, and CSS.   So, updates can be hard, and achieving the same
> mobile responsive behavior can be nearly impossible.
>
> Search engines *should* be middleware.   I value having a back-office for
> crawling the web that allows a crawl to be defined entirely through a GUI,
> but question whether it really is much better than a FOSS architecture.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alexandre Rafalovitch [mailto:arafalov@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, October 21, 2016 10:35 AM
> To: solr-user <solr-user@lucene.apache.org>
> Subject: Re: PDF writer
>
> On 21 October 2016 at 09:58, Matthew Roth <matthew.g.roth@yale.edu> wrote:
> > . I could always process the upstream relational data to produce my
> > PDF reports.
>
> I think this is the best option. This allows you to mangle/de-normalize
> your data stored in Solr to be the best fit for search.
>
> Regards,
>    Alex.
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