AltaVista SDK Linguistics support package
Copyright (c)2000 AltaVista Company
All Rights Reserved.

This software is furnished under a license and may be used and copied
only  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of such  license and with the
inclusion of the above copyright notice. This software or  any  other
copies thereof may not be provided or otherwise made available to any
other person. No title to and ownership of  the  software  is  hereby
transferred.

The information in this software is subject to change without  notice
and  should  not be  construed as a commitment  by AltaVista Company.

Readme for SDKLinguistics

NAME
   AltaVista::SDKLinguistics - Perl extension for AltaVista Search
   Software Development Kit

SYNOPSIS
   use AltaVista::SDKLinguistics;

   avsl_thesaurus_init(config)

       avsl_thesaurus_get(hdl, word, language, separator = ' ')

       avsl_thesaurus_close(hdl)

       avsl_phrase_init(config)

       avsl_phrase_get(hdl, word, language, separator = ':')

       avsl_phrase_close(hdl)

       avsl_stem_init(package, tags)

       avsl_stem_get(hdl, word, language, separator = ' ')

       avsl_stem_close(hdl)

       avsl_spell_init(config)

       avsl_spellcheck_get(hdl, word, language, separator = ' ')

       avsl_spellcorrection_get(hdl, word, language, separator = ' ')

       avsl_spell_close(hdl)


DESCRIPTION
   This set of extensions provides wrappers for most of the C functionalities in
   the AltaVista Search Software Developer's Kit's Linguistics functionalities.

PREREQUISITES
   Perl 5.004, AltaVista SearchSDK Library

INSTALLATION - Windows System
   To install this module, copy avs.h and avs30.lib from your
   AltaVista SearchSDK source hierarchy into this directory. Then
   type the following commands:

       perl Makefile.PL
       nmake
       nmake test
       nmake install

   This will install the module into the Perl library directory.

INSTALLATION - UNIX/Linux/Solaris System

   To install this module, copy avs.h and libavs30.a from your
   AltaVista SearchSDK source hierarchy into this directory.  Then
   type the following commands:

       perl Makefile.PL
       make
       make test
       make install

AUTHOR
       AltaVista Search <[email protected]>

   Copyright (c)2000 AltaVista Company
   All Rights Reserved.

   This software is furnished under a license and may be used and copied
   only  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of such  license and with the
   inclusion of the above copyright notice. This software or  any  other
   copies thereof may not be provided or otherwise made available to any
   other person. No title to and ownership of  the  software  is  hereby
   transferred.

   The information in this software is subject to change without  notice
   and  should  not be  construed as a commitment  by AltaVista Company.

SEE ALSO
   perl, AltaVista Search SDK documentation.