Creating a Search Space

04/09/2025

This section provides a concise guide on how to create a Search Space using the PoolParty's GraphSearch Admin Dashboard. Search Spaces in the PoolParty GraphSearch are custom configured setups to display search results on the ADF Search interface. You can configure which search server should be used as well as the project thesaurus and custom scheme the search will be based on.

Additionally, you set up mappings for titles, descriptions or images that also are based on the URIs of the custom scheme used. Depending on the search server additional options may become available like custom fields, RSS agents, or exporting the index.

Options displayed with an asterisk are mandatory.

Option	Description
Search Space Name *	A name of your choice for the new Search Space.
Select Search Server *	The Search Server refers to the following available options in your PoolParty instance: Select a external graph database you want to connect to. They become available after you have set them up in the Semantic Middleware Configurator. Select a project and thus its thesaurus as basis for the Search Space, you can choose from the ones that are present on the PoolParty instance. PoolParty uses Elasticsearch as a search index. The search server in this case refers to the basis for all data you will later be able to use and access for this Search Space. Available PoolParty projects (thesauri) and custom schemes you can use for the Search Space depend on your selection here.
Add Search Space Facet Models *	Select from the drop down, multi-select is possible. The facet models are custom schemes or thesauri you created on your PoolParty instance.
Add Search Space Document Models	Select from the drop down, multi-select is possible. These are either thesauri or custom schemes of your PoolParty instance. Depending on the models you select here, the details of the item will be one of these two possibilities: Properties and property values are taken from a custom scheme and its classes, relations and attributes respectively. Properties and property values are taken from the concept schemes and concepts of a thesaurus.
Add Search Space RDF Graphs	You can use URI definitions here that point to RDF graphs inside a external graph database PoolParty supports. The availability here depends on two preconditions: You have to configure the graph database in the Semantic Middleware Configurator. Find out which graphs are the ones you want to connect to, by using a SPARQL query on that database.
Note This setup also presupposes that you are familiar with the nature of RDF graphs, their basic querying and SPARQL.

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Creating a Search Space

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