Glossary

crawl

The process of reading sources and creating the search engine index.

crawler

An Oracle Secure Enterprise Search program that reads sources to create the search engine index.

Distinguished Name. The unique name of a directory entry in Oracle Internet Directory. It includes all the individual names of the parent entries back to the root. The DN tells you exactly where the entry resides in the directory's hierarchy.

document

Unit of indexing, returned as one entry in the hitlist. For example, a document could be all the collected information about a person from an HR system.

duplicate documents

Documents that are identical to each other; that is, they are the exact same size, same content, same title, and so on.

federated search

Oracle SES provides the capability of searching multiple Oracle SES instances with their own document repositories and indexes. It provides a unified framework to search the different document repositories that are crawled, indexed, and maintained separately. A federation broker calls the federation endpoint to collect content matching the search criteria for the sources managed at that endpoint.

hitlist

A list of results for a search.

index

An Oracle Secure Enterprise Search structure that is updated after a crawl. It is used to improve performance of searches.

JDBC

The programming API that enables Java applications to access a database through the SQL language. JDBC drivers are written in Java for platform independence but are specific to each database.

LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. A standard for representing and accessing user and group profile information.

LOV

List of values.

mod_oc4j

The Oracle HTTP Server module that manages the communication between the Oracle HTTP Server and OC4J.

near duplicate documents

Documents that are similar to each other. They may or may not be identical to each other.

OC4J

Oracle Containers for J2EE. Written entirely in Java, it executes on the standard Java Development Kit (JDK) Virtual machine (Java VM). It includes a JSP Translator, a Java servlet container, and an Enterprise JavaBeans (JB) container.

Oracle Application Server (Oracle AS)

Oracle's integrated application server:

Is standards compliant (J2EE, Web Services, and XML)
Delivers a comprehensive set of capabilities, including portal, caching, wireless, integration, and personalization
Provides a single, unified platform for Java and J2EE, Web Services, XML, SQL, and PL/SQL

OracleAS Portal

A component of Oracle Application Server used for the development, deployment, administration, and configuration of enterprise class portals. OracleAS Portal incorporates a portal building framework with self-service publishing features to enable you to create and manage information accessed within your portal.

OracleAS Single Sign-On

A component of Oracle Application Server that enables users to log in to all features of the Oracle AS product suite, as well as to other Web applications, using a single user name and password.

OracleAS Web Cache

A component of Oracle Application Server that improves the performance, scalability, and availability of frequently used Web sites. By storing frequently accessed URLs in memory, Oracle Application Server Web Cache eliminates the need to repeatedly process requests for those URLs on the Web server.

Oracle Content Database

A consolidated, database-centric content management application that provides a comprehensive, integrated solution for file and document life cycle management. Oracle Content Database also offers a comprehensive set of Web services that developers can use to build and enhance content management applications. This book uses the product name Oracle Content Database to mean both Oracle Content Database and Oracle Content Services.

Oracle HTTP Server

The Web server component of Oracle Application Server, built on Apache Web server technology and used to service HTTP requests.

Oracle Internet Directory

A repository for storing user credentials and group memberships. By default, the OracleAS Single Sign-On authenticates user credentials against Oracle Internet Directory information about dispersed users and network resources.

Oracle Secure Enterprise Search application

Application for searching the Oracle Secure Enterprise Search index.

relevance

The level of match of the search results to the search string.

schedule

The frequency with which each source is crawled.

The process of querying the search engine.

searchctl

A tool for starting and stopping the search engine.

search metadata

Information about the sources, crawls, and schedules.

secure search

A type of search that only returns results that the user is allowed to view based on access privileges.

seed URL

The starting point for a crawl.

SOAP

Simple Object Access Protocol. A lightweight, XML-based protocol for exchanging information in a decentralized, distributed environment. SOAP supports different styles of information exchange, including: Remote Procedure Call style (RPC) and Message-oriented exchange.

sources

A source of data to be searched, such as Web sites, files, database tables, content management repositories, collaboration repositories, or applications.

WSDL

A general purpose XML language for describing the interface, protocol bindings, and deployment details of Web services.