Differences Between AnswerBook1 and AnswerBook2

The following list identifies the significant differences between the AnswerBook1 and AnswerBook2 products:

• Web-browser-based interface--The AnswerBook2 product uses a web-browser-based interface. As a result, you can use any HTML 3.2-compliant browser on any platform to view online documentation.

• Source flexibility--You can use the AnswerBook2 server to deliver AnswerBook1 (Display Postscript^TM) documents, AnswerBook2 documents (developed in SGML), or regular HTML files.

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  Although you can use the server to deliver HTML documents, complete AnswerBook2 functionality is not provided for these files.

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• Client-server support--The AnswerBook2 product supports the client-server architecture, which allows you to install the server and document collections in a central location and view the documents from other systems. In addition, it includes a "fail-over" mechanism in which the document administrator can define multiple document servers so that links between documents always work.

• Cross-platform--For this release, the AnswerBook2 document server must run on a Solaris 2.6 platform (SPARC or Intel). However, AnswerBook2 clients can run on any platform, and future releases might provide server functionality on additional platforms.

• Default search behavior--The AnswerBook2 product uses AND for its default search behavior rather than OR (the default search behavior in the AnswerBook1 product).