Stop Words and Synonyms

VuFind allows the library to configure their own custom stop words list as well as a list of synonyms used in searching. There is a default stop words list as well as a few basic synonyms that come prepackaged with VuFind - however it is very easy to change these to customize for your library's needs.

Stop Words

Edit the file: vufind/solr/conf/stopwords.txt and simply remove or add new words to the list.

Synonyms

Edit the file: vufind/solr/conf/synonyms.txt and simply follow the examples provided to create new synonyms. VuFind's default synonyms are for the numbers 1 - 5. It lists synonyms for the following:

• 1,i,I,one,One
• 2,ii,II,two,Two
• 3,iii,III,three,Three
• 4,iv,IV,four,Four
• 5,v,V,five,Five

This allows a user to search for “world war two” and find items with the term “world war ii”

Remember to restart VuFind after changing either of these files:

  %> ./vufind restart