Index

A

ACCRUE operator 3-3

ALL operator 3-3

AND operator 3-3

angle brackets

: delimiters 2-10
: operator/modifier names 2-3

ANY operator 3-4

automatic case-sensitive searches 2-3

C

: CASE modifier 4-2
: : (colon) A-8
: concept operators 1-5
: CONTAINS operator 3-13

D

delimiters in expressions 2-10

designing topics

: categorize documents 6-7
: document types 6-7

document zone, defined 3-4

documents

: excluding from results list 4-4

E

: ENDS operator 3-14
: evidence operators 1-2
: evidence topics 6-2, 6-5
: excluding documents 4-4
: explicit syntax 2-5

F

: field searching 1-4

I

IN operator 3-4

infix notation 2-9

Intelligent Classifer 6-10

internet-style query

: expanded queries A-7
: limited queries A-8
: plain language A-7
: + (plus sign) A-8
: topic A-8
: using wildcards A-7

L

: LIKE operator 5-4

M

MANY modifier 4-3

MATCHES operator 3-14

minus sign (-) A-8

modifiers

: CASE 4-2
: MANY 4-3
: NOT 4-4
: ORDER 4-5

N

: NEAR operator 3-6
: NEAR/N operator 3-6
: negative example 5-5
: negex 5-5
: NOT modifier 4-4

O

operator precedence rules 6-9

operator types

: concept 1-5
: evidence 1-2
: proximity 1-3
: relational 1-4

operators

: (Less Than Or Equal To) 3-17
: (Less Than) 3-17
: != (Not Equals) 3-16
: = (Equals) 3-16
: > (Greater Than) 3-16
: >= (Greater Than Or Equal To) 3-16
: ACCRUE 3-3
: ALL 3-3
: AND 3-3
: ANY 3-4
: CONTAINS 3-13
: ENDS 3-14
: IN 3-4
: LIKE 5-4
: MATCHES 3-14
: NEAR 3-6
: NEAR/N 3-6
: OR 3-7
: PARAGRAPH 3-7
: PHRASE 3-7
: SENTENCE 3-8
: SOUNDEX 3-8
: STARTS 3-15
: STEM 3-8
: SUBSTRING 3-15
: SUM 5-3
: THESAURUS 3-9
: TYPO/N 3-9
: WHEN 3-5
: WILDCARD 3-10
: WORD 3-12
: YESNO 5-2

OR operator 3-7

ORDER modifier 4-5

P

PARAGRAPH operator 3-7

parentheses in expressions 2-8

parser

: types A-4

PHRASE operator 3-7

+ (plus sign) A-8

posex 5-5

prefix notation 2-8

proximity operators 1-3

punctuation in queries 2-12

Q

QBE specification 5-4

qualify instance data, searching for 2-13

queries

: using wildcards 3-10

queries, internet-style

: colon (:) A-8
: expanded queries A-7
: limited queries A-8
: plain language A-7
: plus sign (+) A-8
: topics A-8

queries, simple

: commas between words A-2

query

: precedence rules 2-8
: shorthand notation 2-6

query parsers

: explicit parser A-9
: free text A-6
: internet-style A-7
: query-by-example parser A-6
: simple parser A-4

query-by-example 5-4

: negative example 5-5

R

: relational operators 1-4

S

score operators

: Verity query language 5-2

searches

: Boolean 1-5
: excluding documents 4-4
: excluding stemmed variations and topics 2-5

searches, simple

: assigning weights to search terms 2-6

SENTENCE operator 3-8

simple parser A-4

simple syntax 2-3

SOUNDEX operator 3-8

STARTS operator 3-15

STEM operator 3-8

stemmed variations

: how to exclude 2-5
: how to include 2-3

SUBSTRING operator 3-15

subtopics 6-3, 6-5

: relationship to topics 6-5

SUM operator 5-3

syntax

: explicit 2-5
: simple 2-3

T

text comparisons 1-4

THESAURUS operator 3-9

topic

children 6-5

defined 1-9, 6-1, 6-2

design

: categorize documents 6-7
: document types 6-7

elements 6-2

Intelligent Classifier 6-10

maximum number 6-6, B-1

name case sensitivity 6-6

name length 6-6

names,specifying 2-6

operator precedence 6-9

parent topics 6-5

relationships to subtopics 6-5

size limits B-1

types

: evidence topics 6-2, 6-5
: subtopics 6-3, 6-5
: top-level 6-3, 6-4

topic in internet-style queries A-8

topic set

: maximum number of topics 6-6, B-1
: size limits B-1

top-level topics 6-3, 6-4

TYPO/N operator 3-9

V

Verity Intelligent Classifier 6-10

Verity query language

: ACCRUE operator 3-3
: angle brackets 2-3, 2-10
: automatic case-sensitive searches 2-3
: braces 2-10
: CASE modifier 4-2
: delimiters in expressions 2-10
: explicit syntax 2-5
: expressions 2-8
: finding instance data 2-13
: infix notation 2-9
: MANY modifier 4-3
: negex 5-5
: NOT modifier 4-4
: OR operator 3-7
: ORDER modifier 4-5
: PARAGRAPH operator 3-7
: posex 5-5
: precedence rules 2-8
: prefix notation 2-8
: punctuation in queries 2-12
: qualify instance syntax 2-13
: query-by-example 5-4
: quotation marks in FreeText 5-4
: quotation marks, double 2-10
: score operators 5-2
: simple syntax 2-3
: STARTS operator 3-15
: Sum 5-3

W

: WHEN operator 3-5
: WILDCARD operator 3-10
: wildcards in internet-style queries A-7
: WORD operator 3-12

Z

zone search

: internet-style query A-8

zones

: searching 3-4