Introduction to WebWisdom Search Engine
The search engine accesses Foilset files stored on the NPAC server. This is implemented
by an Oracle database which contains an indexed list of all text documents
on the server. Different search pages correspond to different selection of files and different capabilities for selecting options. In the simplest interfaces, the engine looks at text field and selects
all documents that conatain All of the specified (blank separated) words. The search is case insensitive. Note that in default case the blank separated keywords are NOT required
to be adjacent in the document so that a search for Java Virtual Machine will find all documents that that have anywhere in them the words Java, Virtual and Machine in any case. The text below describes how to use the options given in some
of the search interfaces!
There are several file sets which are offered by the different Interfaces
- The simplest case is a particular foilset and all URL's accessed by that foilset. (Access is determined rather indirectly at present by use of "alias" mechanism -- thiswill be improved in a later release)
- One can access ALL Foilsets and ALL URL's accessed by any foilset. Note only URL's stored in NPAC Web site are currently included in this search of associated documents.
- One can access information stored in ANY foilset in the various groupings (courses, tutorials) identified in current WebWisdom System.
Standard NPAC Web Search Features
