Search for immediate superordinate term.

Related Syntax Constructs

The following construct(s) refer to this construct:

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Syntax

tf:broaderTerm(string $termName, string? $thesaurus) => unspecified

Description

The function tf:broaderTerm is specific to Tamino. It takes a string as argument which is the name of a thesaurus entry. You can supply a further optional string value that specifies the name of a thesaurus. In the scope of text retrieval functions this function returns the immediate superordinate term of $termName. If there is no superordinate term defined, only $termName is returned.

This function can only be used within the scope of the following functions:

tf:containsAdjacentText
tf:containsNearText
tf:containsText
tf:createAdjacentTextReference
tf:createNearTextReference
tf:createTextReference

Arguments

$termName	name of a thesaurus entry that is defined in the termName element
$thesaurus	name of a thesaurus

Examples

• Return superordinate term of "dog":

  declare namespace ino="http://namespaces.softwareag.com/tamino/response2"
  for    $p in input()/ino:term
  where  tf:containsText($p/ino:termName, tf:broaderTerm("dog"))
  return $p/ino:termName