X-Git-Url: https://git.openstreetmap.org./nominatim.git/blobdiff_plain/4002bee0c160c4d8137d5f58b0134a37a66b91b3..f535340d5af0b59c1bbdfde885b62dd483a9e38e:/docs/customize/Tokenizers.md

diff --git a/docs/customize/Tokenizers.md b/docs/customize/Tokenizers.md
index 19d867dd..49e86a50 100644
--- a/docs/customize/Tokenizers.md
+++ b/docs/customize/Tokenizers.md
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ they can be configured.
 
 ## Legacy tokenizer
 
+!!! danger
+    The Legacy tokenizer is deprecated and will be removed in Nominatim 5.0.
+    If you still use a database with the legacy tokenizer, you must reimport
+    it using the ICU tokenizer below.
+
 The legacy tokenizer implements the analysis algorithms of older Nominatim
 versions. It uses a special Postgresql module to normalize names and queries.
 This tokenizer is automatically installed and used when upgrading an older
@@ -52,7 +57,7 @@ NOMINATIM_DATABASE_MODULE_PATH=<path to directory where nominatim.so resides>
 ```
 
 This is in particular useful when the database runs on a different server.
-See [Advanced installations](../admin/Advanced-Installations.md#importing-nominatim-to-an-external-postgresql-database) for details.
+See [Advanced installations](../admin/Advanced-Installations.md#using-an-external-postgresql-database) for details.
 
 There are no other configuration options for the legacy tokenizer. All
 normalization functions are hard-coded.
@@ -102,7 +107,7 @@ Here is an example configuration file:
 ``` yaml
 normalization:
     - ":: lower ()"
-    - "ß > 'ss'" # German szet is unimbigiously equal to double ss
+    - "ß > 'ss'" # German szet is unambiguously equal to double ss
 transliteration:
     - !include /etc/nominatim/icu-rules/extended-unicode-to-asccii.yaml
     - ":: Ascii ()"
@@ -128,7 +133,7 @@ The configuration file contains four sections:
 The normalization and transliteration sections each define a set of
 ICU rules that are applied to the names.
 
-The **normalisation** rules are applied after sanitation. They should remove
+The **normalization** rules are applied after sanitation. They should remove
 any information that is not relevant for search at all. Usual rules to be
 applied here are: lower-casing, removing of special characters, cleanup of
 spaces.
@@ -175,36 +180,67 @@ The following is a list of sanitizers that are shipped with Nominatim.
 
 ##### split-name-list
 
-::: nominatim.tokenizer.sanitizers.split_name_list
-    selection:
+::: nominatim_db.tokenizer.sanitizers.split_name_list
+    options:
         members: False
-    rendering:
         heading_level: 6
+        docstring_section_style: spacy
 
 ##### strip-brace-terms
 
-::: nominatim.tokenizer.sanitizers.strip_brace_terms
-    selection:
+::: nominatim_db.tokenizer.sanitizers.strip_brace_terms
+    options:
         members: False
-    rendering:
         heading_level: 6
+        docstring_section_style: spacy
 
 ##### tag-analyzer-by-language
 
-::: nominatim.tokenizer.sanitizers.tag_analyzer_by_language
-    selection:
+::: nominatim_db.tokenizer.sanitizers.tag_analyzer_by_language
+    options:
         members: False
-    rendering:
         heading_level: 6
+        docstring_section_style: spacy
 
 ##### clean-housenumbers
 
-::: nominatim.tokenizer.sanitizers.clean_housenumbers
-    selection:
+::: nominatim_db.tokenizer.sanitizers.clean_housenumbers
+    options:
+        members: False
+        heading_level: 6
+        docstring_section_style: spacy
+
+##### clean-postcodes
+
+::: nominatim_db.tokenizer.sanitizers.clean_postcodes
+    options:
         members: False
-    rendering:
         heading_level: 6
+        docstring_section_style: spacy
 
+##### clean-tiger-tags
+
+::: nominatim_db.tokenizer.sanitizers.clean_tiger_tags
+    options:
+        members: False
+        heading_level: 6
+        docstring_section_style: spacy
+
+#### delete-tags
+
+::: nominatim_db.tokenizer.sanitizers.delete_tags
+    options:
+        members: False
+        heading_level: 6
+        docstring_section_style: spacy
+
+#### tag-japanese
+
+::: nominatim_db.tokenizer.sanitizers.tag_japanese
+    options:
+        members: False
+        heading_level: 6
+        docstring_section_style: spacy
 
 #### Token Analysis
 
@@ -222,8 +258,12 @@ by a sanitizer (see for example the
 The token-analysis section contains the list of configured analyzers. Each
 analyzer must have an `id` parameter that uniquely identifies the analyzer.
 The only exception is the default analyzer that is used when no special
-analyzer was selected. There is one special id '@housenumber'. If an analyzer
-with that name is present, it is used for normalization of house numbers.
+analyzer was selected. There are analysers with special ids:
+
+ * '@housenumber'. If an analyzer with that name is present, it is used
+   for normalization of house numbers.
+ * '@potcode'. If an analyzer with that name is present, it is used
+   for normalization of postcodes.
 
 Different analyzer implementations may exist. To select the implementation,
 the `analyzer` parameter must be set. The different implementations are
@@ -356,6 +396,14 @@ house numbers of the form '3 a', '3A', '3-A' etc. are all considered equivalent.
 
 The analyzer cannot be customized.
 
+##### Postcode token analyzer
+
+The analyzer `postcodes` is pupose-made to analyze postcodes. It supports
+a 'lookup' variant of the token, which produces variants with optional
+spaces. Use together with the clean-postcodes sanitizer.
+
+The analyzer cannot be customized.
+
 ### Reconfiguration
 
 Changing the configuration after the import is currently not possible, although