[ic] Search Term Mapping

[Christopher VanOosterhout]

Today I was looking for information about search term mapping in the 
archives and found that the software used to search the archives does just 
what I am hoping I can do in my Interchange stores.

When I search for     search   term   mapping ... it actually searches for: 
Search results for '(search or searched or searching or searchings or 
searcher or searches or searchers) and (term or termed or terming or termer 
or terms or termly) and (mapping or mappings)'

To me that is a good thing.   I am not sure how this software does it (if 
it is manual mapping or if it just automatically enters potential endings 
to words to increase the search).

After searching I have not found the answer about how this type of thing 
may be implemented in Interchange.  If I have just missed it, please let me 
know and I will go back and review again.

Has anyone here successfully implemented search mapping within an 
Interchange store?  How did you do it?

What I am trying to do is say if someone searches for WORDA, by default, 
the search would also return positive results for WORDB.  So if someone 
searches for the word book as in PARTS BOOK it will also search for the 
words catalog and manual and any other word I map to the word BOOK.

This means that if someone searches for PARTS BOOK, they will also get 
matches to PARTS CATALOG, PARTS MANUAL, etc.

Or if someone searches for the word oil filters they will also get oil filter.

Does that may sense?  Any hints on how to accomplish it?

Christopher