STOP_WORDS

A STOP_WORDS element specifies the stop words enabled in your application.

Each stop word is represented by a STOP_WORD element.

Format

<!ELEMENT STOP_WORDS
    ( COMMENT?
    , STOP_WORD*
    )
>

Attributes

The STOP_WORDS element has no attributes.

Sub-elements

The following table provides a brief overview of the STOP_WORDS sub-elements.

Sub-element Brief description
COMMENT Associates a comment with a parent element and preserves the comment when the file is rewritten. This element provides an alternative to using inline XML comments of the form <!-- ... -->.
STOP_WORD Identifies words that should be eliminated from a query before it is processed.

Example

This example shows a common set of stop words. 

<STOP_WORDS>
   <STOP_WORD>a</STOP_WORD>
   <STOP_WORD>an</STOP_WORD>
   <STOP_WORD>of</STOP_WORD>
   <STOP_WORD>the</STOP_WORD>
</STOP_WORDS>