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 <avse-support@av.com>

    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.