CHAPTER 4

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Schema Design and Text Analysis

Search engine development in Solr initially follows four sequential steps: Solr setup, schema design, indexing documents, and searching for results. Schema design is the process of defining the structure of data and is a prerequisite for the process of indexing and searching.

This chapter covers defining fields, specifying types, and other features.

The role of text analysis is vital in information retrieval. It’s the text analysis process that determines the terms (the smallest piece of information, to be used for matching and scoring of documents). This chapter covers the text analysis process, including ...

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