KinoSearch
Encyclopedia
Kinosearch is a search engine
written in Perl
and C
and a loose port of the Java search engine library Apache Lucene
.
The Socialtext
wiki software uses this search engine, and so does the MojoMojo wiki. It is also used by the Human Metabolome
Database (HMDB) and the Toxin and Toxin Target Database (T3DB).
Apache Lucy is a successor project of KinoSeach and Ferret search library
, being jointly developed by the authors of these, and having bindings in both Perl and Ruby.
Search engine
A search engine is an information retrieval system designed to help find information stored on a computer system. The search results are usually presented in a list and are commonly called hits. Search engines help to minimize the time required to find information and the amount of information...
written in Perl
Perl
Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language. Perl was originally developed by Larry Wall in 1987 as a general-purpose Unix scripting language to make report processing easier. Since then, it has undergone many changes and revisions and become widely popular...
and C
C (programming language)
C is a general-purpose computer programming language developed between 1969 and 1973 by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Telephone Laboratories for use with the Unix operating system....
and a loose port of the Java search engine library Apache Lucene
Lucene
Apache Lucene is a free/open source information retrieval software library, originally created in Java by Doug Cutting. It is supported by the Apache Software Foundation and is released under the Apache Software License....
.
The Socialtext
Socialtext
Socialtext Incorporated is a company based in Palo Alto, California that produces enterprise social software, comprising an integrated suite of web-based social software applications including microblogging, user profile, directories, groups, personal dashboards using OpenSocial widgets, and shared...
wiki software uses this search engine, and so does the MojoMojo wiki. It is also used by the Human Metabolome
Metabolome
Metabolome refers to the complete set of small-molecule metabolites to be found within a biological sample, such as a single organism...
Database (HMDB) and the Toxin and Toxin Target Database (T3DB).
Apache Lucy is a successor project of KinoSeach and Ferret search library
Ferret search library
Ferret is a search library for Ruby inspired by LuceneThere is a Ruby on Rails plugin called acts_as_ferret.Ferret utilizes Poshlib.- External links :** Ruby on Rails plugin for Ferret...
, being jointly developed by the authors of these, and having bindings in both Perl and Ruby.