Using synonyms and ontology sets

When you submit a query for processing, Goldfire automatically generates for each query term a list of synonyms that might be relevant to your original query. It also generates a list of more general terms and more specific terms that might be relevant to the query terms of your original query.

To display the list of synonyms

Click below the query box.

A list of synonym suggestions appears:

To close the list of suggestions, click SYNONYMS & ONTOLOGY again.

To display the list of more general terms and more specific terms

On the SYNONYMS & ONTOLOGY panel, select the Show ontology check box.

Selecting synonyms and ontology terms to apply to your query

You can submit a related search that substitutes one or more synonyms, more general terms, or more specific terms for the terms in your original query. Select the check boxes at the left of the synonyms, more general terms, and more specific terms on the SYNONYMS & ONTOLOGY panel. These terms replace the original terms in your query, the query is resubmitted, and new results are displayed.

The synonyms, more general terms, and more specific terms that are listed on the SYNONYMS & ONTOLOGY panel are matched to the terms that you specified in your original query, including the part of speech of each term. Noun and verb synonyms are listed separately in the header.

Your Goldfire administrator can create custom synonyms associated with query terms. If you have not selected any synonyms for your query, and your administrator has defined custom synonyms associated with the term you are searching, then Goldfire automatically selects (up to a maximum of five) the custom synonyms to be included as part of your query.

To add your own synonyms and ontology terms

Click , type your synonym, more general term, or more specific term, and then click to add it.

To remove a term that you have added, click .

Synonyms and ontology terms in blue are Goldfire Server terms. Synonyms and ontology terms in magenta are terms that you have added.

terms that you add are viewable only to you, not to other users of Goldfire.

To manage synonyms and ontology terms that you added

Click (Manage Synonyms).

On the Manage Synonyms and Ontology dialog box you can do the following:

To remove a query term and all of its synonyms or ontology terms, click .
To sort the list of terms, click one of the column headers.
To add terms to a query term, click .
To add a new query term, click Add new term, and then type the term to add.