ATG Search by default includes a general-purpose dictionary. However, this dictionary probably does not include some terms that you want to index, such as product names, company names, or industry-specific terminology. Dictionary inspection tools allow you to examine the default dictionary, and term dictionaries allow you to add new terms to ATG Search. By doing so, you can significantly enhance and fine tune your users’ search results. You can organize these terms into your own dictionaries for easier management.
As part of adding terms to a dictionary, you can also set term weights. Term weights affect how Search decides which documents are relevant to a user’s search. See the Understanding Term Weights section for information and important cautions.
Note: If a dictionary is changed, all indexes that use that dictionary must be reindexed.
This chapter includes the following sections:
