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Open source OpenEdit Digital Asset Management with Web Content Management has added a new Thesaurus feature to OpenEdit DAM. We added this feature for a company in Spain using OpenEdit's media asset management features for their print and publishing workflows in Spain and India.

The Spanish thesaurus file we are using can be easily replaced with English or any other language thesaurus and the system requires no code modification to work with it.

OpenEdit's thesaurus enables users to obtain precise and accurate search results, particularly if they are not familiar with the terminology of associated words.

If you search for images or products with the keyword "perro" (dog), OpenEdit will collect and search for synonyms of that word. For example,  when you get the search results for "perro" you will see a text like "Suggested searches: can(3) canino(7)" (both words are synonyms for dog, in Spanish). This text means that if you search for "can" instead of "perro" you're going to find 3 items, and 7 items if you search for "canino". Both words contain links that will take you directly to the search results page for each word.

 

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