Re: [Tracker] Text extraction on text formats

[Jamie McCracken <jamiemcc blueyonder co uk>]

Laurent Aguerreche wrote:
> Le jeudi 16 novembre 2006 Ã 18:55 +0000, Jamie McCracken a Ãcrit :
> > Luca Ferretti wrote:
> > > I'm trying to check and eventually expand info in
> > > http://live.gnome.org/Tracker/SupportedFormats.
> > >
> > > So I'm planning to create files of various formats, then search for text
> > > inside them. 
> > >
> > > ############ Test Procedure ###
> > >
> > > I used the "stable" version (0.5.1), while I've the CVS versions
> > > installed too (I'll test it later).
> > >
> > > By now I tested some word processor document formats: I wrote a one-line
> > > document in OO.o Writer (the one in Ubuntu Edgy) and I saved it in
> > > various format. The file has a content and some metadata (the one you
> > > can add in File->Properties).
> > >
> > > The exact procedure is:
> > >      1. create the ODT file
> > >      2. save it and close OO.o
> > >      3. open the ODT file
> > >      4. use File -> Save As ..
> > >      5. chose a different format
> > >      6. save the file in new "alien" format
> > >      7. close the file and OO.o
> > >      8. restart from #3
> > >
> > > Then I searched with `tracker-search` at least 2 times for each file:
> > > one for a word that's only in file content ("potenzialitÃ"), one for a
> > > word that's only in file metadata ("particolare") - of course I wrote
> > > this file in Italian language.
> > >
> > > ############# Test Results ###
> > >
> > > ODT (OpenDocument Text)
> > >   content:              yes
> > >   metadata:             yes [1]
> > >   extra:                keywords metadata are auto-tagged
> > >
> > > OTT (OpenDocument Text Template)
> > >   content:              no (????)
>
> Now yes.
>
> > >   metadata:             yes [1]
> > >   extra:                as above
> > >
> > > SXW (OpenOffice 1.x Text)
> > >   content:              yes
> > >   metadata:             no
> > >
> > > STW (OpenOffice 1.x Text Template)
> > >   content:              no
>
> Now yes.
>
> > >   metadata:             no
> > >
> > > DOC (Word 97/2000/XP | Word 95 | Word 6.0)
> > >   content:              yes [2]
> > >   metadata:             no  [3]
> > >
> > > RTF (Rich Text Format)
> > >   content:              no  [4]
> > >   metadata:             no  [4]
>
>
> For what I noted above, I provide a trivial patch which just adds two
> new filters.

thanks - have now added to cvs


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