The glossary provides a description of the terms used in ATG Search.
Term | Definition |
|---|---|
content | Raw data for indexing, such as html files, Word documents, or ATG repositories. |
content set | Bundles content into a single organizational unit that can be indexed as one. |
customizations | Blanket term for topic sets, query rules, dictionaries, facet sets, languages, parsing options, query rules, and preferred answers. |
deploying | The action of moving indexes and/or customization data from a staging to a production environment |
dictionary | Contains definitions of special words and the relationships between them. Users can add terms to improve the search responses. |
expansion | A synonym for a term, either defined in a custom dictionary or in the default language files |
facet set | Allows end-users of your site to search within an existing result set. |
index | Used to refer to both the process of making content searchable, and the aggregate form of the searchable content itself. |
indexing environment | Search environment that indexes content. |
learning files | Rules that automatically apply topics to a content collection. |
partition | An index is divided into one or more Logical Partitions, which have a one-to-one relationship with content sets. Each Logical Partition is composed of one or more Physical Partitions, depending on the amount of content. |
project | Projects represent the top-level container for managing and indexing content. The project associates customization data and search environments with an index. |
query rules | Link actions in ATG Search to certain types of user queries. |
Search Administration | The ATG Search user interface, including both project administration and the workbench. |
search engine | A standalone Search executable that both indexes content and processes end-user searches. |
search environment | A combination of one or more machines and search engines which either index content or search indexes. Environment types are: indexing environment – Dedicated environment indexing content. staging environment – Largely used for demonstration and evaluation purposes. A web site can be pointed to a staging Search Environment for demo or proof-of-concept purposes, but staging sites are not intended for heavy load. production environment – Used to run end-user facing search services under heavy load. These typically include a large number of multi-CPU machines to support high degrees of fault-tolerance and parallelism. Workbench – Dedicated environment for performing the indexing of content for eventual movement to production or staging servers. |
term | Individual entry within a dictionary. |
term weight set/stop words | A set of term/weight pairs, in which the weight describes the amount of influence a term has in a search. |
topics | User-defined classification system that can be applied to indexes, allowing end-users to refine their search by finding related information. |
topic set | A hierarchy of topics. |
Workbench | Part of the user interface where users create and edit customization data. |
