Expected search behavior for taxonomy vs content types

[Natkeeran]

What should the user get in the return list when the user searches a taxonomy term? Should it be the taxonomy itself or the content referred by the taxonomy terms?

[ajs6f]

Could this not be two different searches?

[Natkeeran]

@ajs6f
Yes, probably two different searches.

One will behave something like Google search, where when you enter "Shakespeare", it will return information about that entity. Works, People, Organizations, Places connected with that entity can be facets!

Second, it will bring all the works where that entity is referenced. The facets will be similar to DPL: https://dp.la/search?q=Shakespeare. These would be the traditional library facets.

I am not sure if we can combine these in Drupal elegantly.

Current behavior seems to be as follows:

• Taxonomy can be indexed by adding Taxonomy to data source as well as adding name and any additional required fields to the solr fields.
• If taxonomy is index, when you do free text search, it will bring back Taxonomy as well as Content.
• Content can be faceted by taxonomy values. However, it does not pick up the Agent Type label.
• Faceting is field specific. If the content type and taxonomy share the same field, they that field can be facted commonly.

[rosiel]

Related to

• Use Case: Linked Taxonomies navigation (Replacement for Solr Facet Pages) #1965