Grant’s Grunts: Lucene Edition

I just put up some initial info on the new Apache Lucene Connector Framework project that is now in ASF Incubation.  See Lucid Imagination » Apache Lucene Connector Framework now in Incubation at the ASF.

My latest article is up at IBM’s developerWorks on spatial search with Lucene and Solr.  Have a look at: Location-aware search with Apache Lucene and Solr.

Details and RSVP at: SFBay Apache Lucene/Solr Meetup San Mateo, CA – Meetup.com.

Lucid Imagination » Announcement: New LucidWorks Certified Distribution for Solr. Our new Solr distro is out, along w/ the reference guide.  Ref. guide can also be searched online via http://search.lucidimagination.com.

I just committed SOLR-1131 which adds a new concept to the Solr FieldType called poly fields.  Previously in Solr, there was pretty much a one to one relationship between a Field and a FieldType.  With PolyFields, it is now possible to model more complex structures that require more than one field to properly represent the [...]

I’m liking the looks of Apache Solr committer Shalin’s new website (right down to the cool domain name that lines up w/ his name!): check out Shalin Says…. Lot’s of good stuff on the Lucene ecosystem on his page.  I especially like his post on Why You Should Contribute to Open Source.

The article based on my interview with Alex Handy of the SD Times is now published at: Apache moves forward with machine-learning project – SD Times: Software Development News.

Nice news blurb on Apache Mahout from DZone… Apache Mahout Tackles A.I. | Javalobby.

My dzone interview on Apache Solr 1.4 is up:  Inside the New Apache Solr | Javalobby.

Flexible Collaborative Filtering In JAVA With Mahout Taste « Java. Internet. Algorithms. Ideas.. Nice writeup on one person’s experience getting started using Mahout Taste for building a recommendation system.