[seqfan] Re: Additional keywords for OEIS

[Maximilian F. Hasler]

I'm quite in favor of this, and more.
I developed some thoughts on
https://oeis.org/wiki/User:M._F._Hasler/Work_in_progress/Improvements_of_OEIS
I think switching to freely definable categories could be an interesting
alternative/complement to (or way of maintaining) the currently existing
index.

Maximilian
Le 20 févr. 2015 06:11, "Felix Fröhlich" <felix.froe at googlemail.com> a
écrit :

> Dear SeqFans,
>
> as some of you might know, there has been some discussion about the
> addition of additional keywords to the OEIS. Most of what I found regarding
> that discussion has taken place in the userspace of Charles Greathouse in
> the OEIS Wiki. See
> https://oeis.org/wiki/User_talk:Charles_R_Greathouse_IV/Keywords and
> https://oeis.org/wiki/User:Charles_R_Greathouse_IV/Keywords/Table and the
> corresponding talk pages.
>
> Personally I think the possibility to refine OEIS searches via specific
> keywords is very useful and I often make use of that feature. The addition
> of new keywords would allow one to get even more relevant results. For
> example, Alex Ratushnyak in 2013 suggested the addition of a keyword 'prim'
> that would allow one to find all sequences where all terms are prime. Two
> obvious candidates for this keyword would be sequences like A000040
> or A000043.
>
> As I am not familiar with the technical aspects behind the OEIS database, I
> would like to know how much work it would be to add new keywords to the
> OEIS or whether it is technically possible at all (maybe it's just like
> running an SQL query to update some database table, or maybe it requires
> some complete rewrite of some part of the software underlying the OEIS, I
> do not know). If it is technically feasible to do this and if those who
> maintain the technical integrity of the OEIS think such a step would be
> desirable, then as a next step we could collect suggestions regarding which
> keywords would be useful.
>
> What do others think?
>
> Best regards
>
> Felix Fröhlich
>
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