Re: struggling with running GIFT...

Hi,

indeed, the collection ID only needs to be changed in the config file. 
There should be no other dependencies.

Cheers, Henning

Niles Johnson wrote:
> Hi Neville,
> 
> I haven't re-checked all the attachments you sent, but as far as I 
> remember, the output has included complaints about the collection ID 
> number each time . . .
> 
> In your 'gift-config.mrml', note the line beginning with:
> 
> <collection collection-id="c-38-27-1-27-6-108-0-208-0" 
> collection-name="imgs"..
> 
> I have a collection with collection-name="Full-Image-Collection" and 
> collection-id="c-01"; in my 'gift-config.mrml', and the algorithms 
> reference this collection ID.  This is probably why, in the output you 
> sent, you see the error about collection c-01 not being described in 
> your config file.
> 
> So I'd suggest you update your 'gift-config.mrml' in two ways:
> 
> First, Henning explained to me that the "Classical IDF" algorithm does 
> not perform as well as the "Separate Normalisation" algorithm, and his 
> 'gift-config.mrml' does not include either the "PERL link" or the 
> "Classical IDF" algorithms.  Following his recommendation, I deleted 
> both of these from my 'gift-config.mrml' and am having better 
> performance from the GIFT--I'd encourage you to do the same :)
> 
> To do this, just delete everything between <algorithm ... > and 
> </algorithm>. Be warned that XML doesn't parse nested comments like you 
> might expect, so even though I commented out the "PERL link" algorithm 
> by adding '<!--' at the beginning, and '-->' at the end, this won't work 
> for the "Classical IDF" algorithm, since there are comments within the 
> algorithm block.
> 
> 
> Second, check the line beginning with:
> 
> <algorithm algorithm-id="adefault" algorithm-type="adefault" 
> algorithm-name="Separate Normalisation" collection-id=
> 
> to be sure that the collection-id matches the one listed in your 
> collection reference.  The GIFT generates a collection ID number every 
> time it indexes a new collection, but as far as I can tell, you don't 
> have to use the number it generates.
> 
> I can't remember if you need to update the collection ID in any of the 
> other GIFT files, but maybe you can just try it with these changes and 
> see how it works?  Hopefully the new output can help us identify any 
> other problems . . .
> 
> best,
> Niles
> 
> p.s.  I think it's close to working for you, so hang in there!  If you 
> still have trouble, you might also check to see that your GIFT client is 
> referencing the correct collection ID's, while we're at it.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, 27 Jul 2008, [email protected] wrote:
> 
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Thanks for all the help.
>>
>> So i downloaded a moonsock client, compared these output files as much 
>> as i
>> could (really gets monotonous after awhile... :) ) and i found some major
>> differences the gift server output. So this is the output right after i
>> start the server and load the opening page of the moonsock client. [
>> my_queryout is my output and your_queryout is your's..., i have only 
>> pasted
>> where i thought the difference in output starts ].
>>
>> The opening page doesnt load for awhile and after i click on stop it 
>> appears
>> SOMETIMES with the CORRECT collection names and algorithms. However, 
>> at this
>> point if i click on get random images nothing happens... (i know, its 
>> quite
>> wierd)...
>>
>> This seems to be an error after which my output and your output seems 
>> to be
>> going two different ways so i suspect there;s something wrong going on
>> here...
>> ***
>> "CAccessorAdminCollection.pre-cc:249:throwing AnVENotFound occured: I was
>> looking for a proxy with the ID: mIDToProxy _c-01_ . This probably means
>> that the collection with the ID c-01 is not described in your config 
>> file."
>> ***
>>
>> I overwrote your gift-config.mrml, just added one of my collections 
>> there. I
>> am also attaching it in this email.
>>
>> Any idea whatsoever?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Neville
>>
> 
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