


These defaults are easily modified but note that complete indexing is required when a modification is made. dtSearch also provides a robust set of default indexing settings with common noise words, vocabulary, and ignorable white space characters. Searching "within" by using "W/" is fairly well known "pipe W/5 broken" means the user is looking for any mention of the term pipe within five words of broken. dtSearch and LuceneĭtSearch, a constant in the market for years, is a closed source tool with most of the syntax having been widely adopted. The most widely used is Lucene, which major companies use in eDiscovery and the general technology world. More recently, open source and free search technologies have become available. Historically, dtSearch was used due to affordability and ease of implementation. It's helpful to understand that eDiscovery platforms have different search technologies under the hood.
