Solr is an open source enterprise search platform from the Apache Lucene project. It operates as a standalone full-text search server within an appropriate servlet container, such as Tomcat. Solr uses the Lucene Java search library at its core for full-text indexing and search, and has REST-like HTTP/XML and JSON APIs that make it easy to use from virtually any programming language.
Features:
• May be tailored to many types of application with minimal programming knowledge
• Extensive plug-in support
• Full-text indexing and search
A&H use case 1 description:
The “British Cartoon Archive Digitisation (BCAD)” project has used Solr to deliver the search results and metadata.
Apache Lucene is a high-performance, full-featured text search engine library written entirely in Java. It is a technology suitable for nearly any application that requires full-text search, especially cross-platform.
Features:
• Scalable, high-performance indexing
• Powerful, accurate and efficient search algorithms
• Cross-platform solution
A&H use case 1 description:
The “Freeze Frame – Historic Polar Images 1845-1960” project has used Lucene for advanced search of photographs from both Arctic and Antarctic expeditions.
