The Phrase/Keyword Unification Dilemma

Author field: keyword search

Collection A

Author field: phrase search

“Au contains Mill”

Mill

Mill, Frank

Mill, R.

Tom Mill

Mill

“Au contains Mill*”

Mill

Mill, Frank

Mill, R.

Adding right truncation heuristically wins for author field.

But what about ‘product description’?: home electronics.

Need field-specific, approximate translation

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