Achieving Japanese Full-Text Search with the MroongaSearch Module for Omeka-S
Introduction Omeka-S is a powerful digital archive system, but by default, Japanese full-text search barely functions. This article explains how to achieve Japanese full-text search by introducing the MroongaSearch module. Why the MroongaSearch Module is Essential Problems with Omeka-S Standard Search Omeka-S’s standard full-text search (FullTextSearch module) uses the InnoDB engine, which has the following critical issues: Example of Japanese word search: D S R a e e t a s a r u : c l h t " : 東 t 京 e ❌ 大 r 学 m N で : o 人 工 " h 知 人 i 能 工 t を 知 s 研 能 究 " す る " Since InnoDB’s full-text search assumes space-delimited languages like English, for Japanese: ...