7. How to redefine weights of edges for conversions
As was mentioned before, each conversion is assigned a weight according to how much we trust the result. The better the result, the lower the weight. This has to be done, because there is a huge amount of possible ways how to get from input format to output format. Therefore, now the program chooses always the path with the smallest total weight, which is calculated as sum of weights of all conversions which form the path. If there is more than one path with the smallest total weight, one of the paths is chosen non-deterministically.
However, during time the conversions will surely become more refined and produce better results. Therefore, you might want to change the weights to make the service use the current best conversions more often. Again, what you need to do in order to change the weights depends quite a lot on the converter.
7.1. Changing weights in XslConverter
To change the weights in XslConverter you need to change the value of “cost” parameter in plugin.xml file. This file can be found in ege-xsl-converter/src/main/resources/META-INF directory. If the conversion you are looking for is not there, it is possible that it was added by definition in stylesheets directory. In that case, you need to find the appropriate plugin.xml file in your stylesheets directory.
7.2. Changing weights in TEIConverter
In this case you need to find Format.java file. There you can easily adjust the weights.
7.3. Changing weights in OOConverter
In OOConverter weights are calculated as the sum of the input's and output's weight. Therefore, if for example in the new version of OpenOffice.org its ability to read docx files improves rapidly and you would like to reflect this in the weightings, you need to find the appropriate input type in the appropriate file. In this case it would be DOCX in InputTextFormat.java. Now you simply change the value of the cost variable and it's done.
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