[Xapian-discuss] Proximity in Xapian?

[Sharjeel Ahmed Qureshi]

Hi,

I just went through the overview of Query Processing in Xapian ( 
http://www.xapian.org/docs/overview.html & 
http://www.xapian.org/docs/intro_ir.html ). According to the 
documentation, Xapian does not incorporate Proximity based searching and 
proximity based relevance. During the query processing, each term's 
weight is evaluated, every document is ranked according to term's weight 
and also query operator (AND, OR, NOT) etc is applied. Nowhere does it 
mention use of positions of terms. My question is if positions are used 
for relevance during searching or are they only used for proximity based 
  searching such as PHRASE or NEAR? In any case how is this information 
used?

Regards,
Sharjeel