Hello,

Is there some issue going on with the search API. The returned results appear to be a bit off.

For example

http://www.mediawiki.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=search&srsearch...

returns

<?xml version="1.0"?> <api> <query> <searchinfo totalhits="10" suggestion="Count" /> <search> <p ns="0" title="*Wikidata*" snippet="A data-numbers table: page_id revision_id name value - 301 2044 &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;country&lt;/span&gt;_population 80000000 301 2040 &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;country&lt;/span&gt;_population 75000000 &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; " size="13242" wordcount="1760" timestamp="2010-08-15T13:43:24Z" /> <p ns="0" title="*Hit stats aggregation*" snippet="Page views : geoip lookup (&lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;country&lt;/span&gt; or city-resolution?) Image views : What&#039;s available from each hit: image name. thumbnail pixel width &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; " size="2161" wordcount="311" timestamp="2010-01-03T08:04:51Z" /> <p ns="0" title="<?xml version="1.0"?> <api> <query> <searchinfo totalhits="10" suggestion="Count" /> <search> <p ns="0" title="*Wikidata*" snippet="A data-numbers table: page_id revision_id name value - 301 2044 &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;country&lt;/span&gt;_population 80000000 301 2040 &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;country&lt;/span&gt;_population 75000000 &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; " size="13242" wordcount="1760" timestamp="2010-08-15T13:43:24Z" /> <p ns="0" title="*Hit stats aggregation*" snippet="Page views : geoip lookup (&lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;country&lt;/span&gt; or city-resolution?) Image views : What&#039;s available from each hit: image name. thumbnail pixel width &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; " size="2161" wordcount="311" timestamp="2010-01-03T08:04:51Z" /> <p ns="0" title="*WMDE contract offers*" snippet="Your real name and &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;country&lt;/span&gt; of residence. How you plan to go about implementing the desired function. Any experience working with MediaWiki &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; " size="1483" wordcount="206" timestamp="2010-04-09T18:31:35Z" /> <p ns="0" title="*Sites using MediaWiki/en*" snippet="com : The Unofficial ASEAN Tourism Encyclopedia, the reference guide to 10 Southeast Asian &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;Countries&lt;/span&gt;. Asian Business Round Table - http:// &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; " size="138820" wordcount="19314" timestamp="2010-10-30T19:15:23Z" /> <p ns="0" title="Namespace manager" snippet="In the context of Wikidata, they are intended to segregate different types of structured content, such as person data, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;country&lt;/span&gt; information &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; " size="11305" wordcount="1693" timestamp="2010-10-26T05:31:01Z" /> <p ns="0" title="InstantCommons" snippet="It does not permit offline viewing, which is crucial in &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;countries&lt;/span&gt; which have only intermittent network access. InstantCommons seeks to &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; " size="6505" wordcount="985" timestamp="2010-09-22T08:38:28Z" /> <p ns="0" title="List of extensions to be merged to the core" snippet="There are laws in some &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;countries&lt;/span&gt; forbidding logging of IPs, etc. So it should be disabled by default. Soxred93 00:35, 26 January 2009 &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; " size="8676" wordcount="857" timestamp="2010-09-22T12:42:56Z" /> <p ns="0" title="Summer of Code 2009" snippet="Bot for automation interwikis adding for categories by &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;countries&lt;/span&gt;, albums by artist, interwikis for categories based on interwikis for &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; " size="12337" wordcount="1677" timestamp="2010-03-12T12:14:19Z" /> <p ns="0" title="Sites using MediaWiki/corporate" snippet="With more than 50,000 customers in 43 &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;countries&lt;/span&gt;, Novell helps customers manage, simplify, secure and integrate their technology &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; " size="23008" wordcount="3174" timestamp="2010-10-21T16:40:06Z" /> </search> </query> </api>" snippet="Your real name and &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;country&lt;/span&gt; of residence. How you plan to go about implementing the desired function. Any experience working with MediaWiki &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; " size="1483" wordcount="206" timestamp="2010-04-09T18:31:35Z" /> <p ns="0" title="Sites using MediaWiki/en" snippet="com : The Unofficial ASEAN Tourism Encyclopedia, the reference guide to 10 Southeast Asian &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;Countries&lt;/span&gt;. Asian Business Round Table - http:// &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; " size="138820" wordcount="19314" timestamp="2010-10-30T19:15:23Z" /> <p ns="0" title="Namespace manager" snippet="In the context of Wikidata, they are intended to segregate different types of structured content, such as person data, &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;country&lt;/span&gt; information &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; " size="11305" wordcount="1693" timestamp="2010-10-26T05:31:01Z" /> <p ns="0" title="InstantCommons" snippet="It does not permit offline viewing, which is crucial in &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;countries&lt;/span&gt; which have only intermittent network access. InstantCommons seeks to &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; " size="6505" wordcount="985" timestamp="2010-09-22T08:38:28Z" /> <p ns="0" title="List of extensions to be merged to the core" snippet="There are laws in some &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;countries&lt;/span&gt; forbidding logging of IPs, etc. So it should be disabled by default. Soxred93 00:35, 26 January 2009 &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; " size="8676" wordcount="857" timestamp="2010-09-22T12:42:56Z" /> <p ns="0" title="Summer of Code 2009" snippet="Bot for automation interwikis adding for categories by &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;countries&lt;/span&gt;, albums by artist, interwikis for categories based on interwikis for &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; " size="12337" wordcount="1677" timestamp="2010-03-12T12:14:19Z" /> <p ns="0" title="Sites using MediaWiki/corporate" snippet="With more than 50,000 customers in 43 &lt;span class=&#039;searchmatch&#039;&gt;countries&lt;/span&gt;, Novell helps customers manage, simplify, secure and integrate their technology &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt; " size="23008" wordcount="3174" timestamp="2010-10-21T16:40:06Z" /> </search> </query> </api>

Thanks

Prateek