IXE Documentation

General Information

Introduction to IXE
• IXE slides
• IXE, Ideare indeXing Engine. In English.
• IXE: a revolutionary Information Retrieval tool. In English.

Architecture

Building a distributed search engine
• IXE and R.a.i.s.: a distributed solution for spidering, indexing and searching the Web using Redundant Array of Inexpensive Servers. Version 1.0, in English. (.doc version)
• IXE e R.a.i.s.: una soluzione distribuita per spidering, indicizzazione e ricerca Web usando Redundant Array of Inexpensive Servers. Versione 1.0, in Italiano. (Versione .doc)

Papers

Papers on IXE
• Reflection support by means of template metaprogramming, Proceedings of Third International Conference on Generative and Component-Based Software Engineering, LNCS , Springer-Verlag, Berlin, September 2001
• Template Metaprogramming an Object Interface to Relational Tables, Reflection 2001, LNCS , 2001

Programming

Library Architecture
• IXE: Library Architecture Version 1.0, in English

Introduction to searching and indexing with IXE
• How to write a Search application on IXE. Basic Introduction: the video index case. Version 1.2, in English. (.doc version)
• Come scrivere un'applicazione di search con IXE. Introduzione: il caso di un indice per il video. Versione 1.2, in Italiano. (Versione .doc)
• Annotated API for video search. Version 1.0, in English. (.doc version)

Advanced searching and indexing with IXE
• How to write a Search application on IXE. Advanced Introduction: the web index case. Version 1.1, in English. (.doc version)
• Come scrivere un'applicazione di search con IXE. Introduzione avanzata: il caso di un indice per il web. Versione 1.1, in Italiano. (Versione .doc)
• Annotated API for web search. Version 1.0, in English. (.doc version)

Custom Document Format indexing and searching
• How to write a custom Reader with IXE. Version 1.0, in English. (.doc version)
• Come scrivere un Reader con IXE. Versione 1.0, in Italiano. (versione .doc)

Custom Ranking with IXE
• Ranking In-Document, Off-Document and Persistent Vectors. Version 1.0, in English. (.doc version)
• Ranking In-Document, Off-Document and Persistent Vectors. Versione 1.0, in Italiano. (Versione .doc)

Developing Custom Applications
• IXE: developing custom indexing and search applications. Schema samples. Version 1.1, in English. (.doc version)
• IXE: creazione di applicazioni custom di indicizzazione e ricerca. Esempi di schema. Versione 1.1, in Italiano. (Versione .doc)

Compiling Custom Applications
• IXE: Configuration and Makefile. Version 1.0, in English. (.doc version)
• IXE: Configurazione e Makefile. Versione 1.0, in Italiano. (Versione .doc)