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dej611 edited this page Feb 3, 2013 · 2 revisions

Which question does the Compare search answer to?

Looking at several - up to 6 - languages, which property-values are in common and which ones are not?

Example:

Now we add some Language Contraints selecting from the Languages box Fijian and French.

Select the Compare radio button from the Language box and click Search

CONSTRAINTS:

  • Only Languages: Fijian, French.

For the following dataset:

Property Name Faroese Fijian French Finnish
Subject Verb Yes No No Yes
Adjective Degree No Yes Yes -
Verb Object No No Yes -

The result will be the following:

Properties in Common
Property Name Property Value
Adjective Degree Yes
Properties not in Common
Property Name Fijian French
Verb Object No Yes

Assumptions

If you don't select any Property / Language / Property-Value the action performed by the search engine is to search without any constraint. Each Constraint box is independent from the next one: selecting only Property constraints, the engine will perform the search through all values for those Properties in all available Languages in the dataset.

Limits

There is a maximum number of languages that can be compared: this limit is of 6 languages per time. There are limits also on the size of searchable entries: in case your search will overpass the number of allowed by the search engine - usually on very huge datasets/groups - you will be redirected again to the Search Page with a notification on top page asking to add some constraint to the search.