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Bug 3743 - [FT] Default weight
Summary: [FT] Default weight
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: XPath / XQuery / XSLT
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Full Text 1.0 (show other bugs)
Version: Working drafts
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Mary Holstege
QA Contact: Mailing list for public feedback on specs from XSL and XML Query WGs
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Blocks: 3905
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Reported: 2006-09-18 19:46 UTC by Mary Holstege
Modified: 2006-11-01 17:33 UTC (History)
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Description Mary Holstege 2006-09-18 19:46:10 UTC 
Section 2.3.1 (Weights)

The use of 0.5 as the default weight looks completely arbitrary and
unmotivated. It requires an extra floating point operation for every score
calculation.  The default weight should be 1.0, which is much easier to explain to users.
Comment 1 Mary Holstege 2006-11-01 17:30:01 UTC 
The WG agreed to change the default weight to 1.0.

The range was restricted to be be between zero and 1000.
Comment 2 Mary Holstege 2006-11-01 17:32:16 UTC 
Note that the range restriction is new: the specification used to say
that the weight could be any value.  

I am happy with the change in default; unhappy with the restriction in range, particularly the loss of negative values.  But I will accept this bug as closed.  See bug # 3905.