Search Service
The Sun Java System Portal Server provides a Search Service the retrieves and categorizes information for users. The Search Service is used in the following channels:
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Subscription channel to summarize the number of hits (relevant information) that match each profile entry defined by the user for categorized documents and discussions.
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Discussion channel to individually search contents and rate the importance for comments.
Table 1–3 lists the search features and their benefits.
Table 1–3 Search Features and Benefits|
Feature |
Description |
Benefit |
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Search Service |
Enables the retrieval of documents based on criteria specified by the end user. |
Saves users time by providing access to content. |
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Categorization |
Organizes documents into a hierarchy. This categorization is often referred to as taxonomy. |
Provides a different view of documents that enables browsing and retrieval. |
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The Search Service robot is an agent that crawls and indexes information across your intranet or the Internet. |
Automatically searches and extracts links to resources, describes those resources, and puts the descriptions in the Search database (also called generation or indexing). |
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Discussions |
A forum for multiple threaded discussions. |
Contents are individually searchable and importance rating are given for of all comments |
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Subscriptions |
Enables the user to track new or changed material in different areas of interest. |
Discussions, search categories, and free-form searches (saved searches) can be tracked. |
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