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