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
concept operators 1-5
CONTAINS operator 3-13

D

delimiters in expressions 2-10
document zone, defined 3-4
documents
excluding from results list 4-4

E

ENDS operator 3-14
evidence operators 1-2
excluding documents 4-4
explicit syntax 2-5

F

field search
internet-style query A-8
field searching 1-4

I

IN operator 3-4
infix notation 2-9
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 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
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-10
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
SUM operator 5-3
syntax
explicit 2-5
simple 2-3

T

text comparisons 1-4
THESAURUS operator 3-9
topic
defined 1-9
maximum number B-1
names,specifying 2-6
size limits B-1
topic in internet-style queries A-8
topic set
maximum number of topics B-1
size limits B-1
TYPO/N operator 3-9

V

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




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