[Xapian-discuss] add_posting(): term position significance - line or offset?

[Henry]

> Not currently...
>
> Cheers,
>    Olly


Pity - is that an issue which needs to be addressed in search-code  
only, or indexing and search?

Hmm, based on my admittedly superficial understanding of Xapian so  
far:  if the positional info is available for all term postings, then  
could the search code not be extended to score higher for terms closer  
together?  This to my mind would be a rather important aspect of  
scoring, and one which I'd like to explore with a view to possible  
sponsored development (small personal purse, so don't get too excited:).

Thoughts?

Henry