[Sigia-l] multiple search index usability/conceptual model

[Ziya Oz]

"Broad, Jonathan" wrote:

> Then just present the user with the normalized set of terms, and
> add a layer on the back-end that queries each database with the term in it's
> "scope".  That might be too much work, though.

Technically it'd be quite straightforward, but tedious. Conceptually
speaking, this is the same kind of work that DB access apps do when putting
a semi-graphical UI to SQL searches and tinkering with the query string to
optimize the search for any specific DB/SQL variant before sending it out.
It's another layer of abstraction.

Best,

Ziya