Query topics definition file

The query topics definition file defines the topics you want to use to tag your text, and the queries used to evaluate whether to add the topic to an Endeca record.

The query topics definition file is a simple text file consisting of one row for each topic you want to use. The format of each row is:

Topic<tab>queries

where

Topic is the topic tag you want to add to the Endeca record.
queries is the set of queries applied to the input text to determine whether the topic will be added to the output.

For example:

Business	"federal reserve" OR earnings OR partnership OR merger OR CEO OR CFO OR "chief executive"

For details about the query grammar, see http://dev.lexalytics.com/wiki/pmwiki.php?n=DataDir.QuerySyntax.

Sample query topics definition file

Business	"federal reserve" OR earnings OR partnership OR merger OR CEO OR CFO OR "chief executive"
Popular         Culture	celebrity OR paparazzi OR hollywood OR famous
Environment	environment OR  ecology OR "climate change" OR biodiversity OR EPA
Health	        health OR medicine OR healthcare OR disease OR immunization OR drugs
Sports	        baseball OR football OR basketball OR golf OR hockey OR soccer
Politics	election OR ((senate OR congress OR representative ) AND (republican OR democrat)) OR westminster OR parliament
Religion	archbishop OR bishop OR pope OR "roman catholic" OR protestant OR catholic OR islam OR hindu
Science	        scientific OR "technological breakthrough" OR scientist OR researcher OR "government lab"
Technology	internet OR "silicon valley" OR facebook OR twitter OR ipad OR iphone OR (droid NEAR google) OR biotech OR "venture fund" OR techcrunch