A
About Compass button 146
About screen
customizing 147
about screen 146
about.html file 146, 147
access log files 165
viewing 166
activity monitor 171
administrators
role of 23
Adobe Acrobat files 76
Adobe FrameMaker files 76
Advanced Search screen 118
schema and 119
aliasing
defined 195
DNS 72
Ami Pro files 76
annotations
categories 132
categorizing by 131
robots and 132
authentication
robots and 95
author names, categorizing by 131
automatic restart utility 39
B
browsers
Netscape Composer 132
Netscape Navigator 12
Netscape Navigator Gold 132
robots and 12
browsing
defined 195
limitations of 10
planning for 26
searching vs. 25-26
C
Catalog Server 1.0
differences 4
migration from 191-194
catalogs, See indexes
categories 127-141
adding 137
annotations for 132
assigning 26, 129
manually 129, 139-141
with robot rules 81-86, 129
browsable 127
compatibility issues 130, 136
copying
example 135
creating
by copying existing 134
manually 133
defined 127, 195
defining in hierarchy 84
deleting 138
disabling 144
editing 136-138
explicit assignment 131
indexing 141
notation for 131
planning 26
purpose of 128
renaming 138
setting robot rules for 82
strategies for 130-131
usability of 129, 130
Category Construction Editor form 133
category editor
starting 137
using 136-138
changes
committing 136
using taxonomy editor 136
classification rules, See robot rules
colon, in resource descriptions 131
common logfile format 168
example 166
company names, categorizing by 131
compass administrators
role of 1
Compass Servers
configurations 28
creating categories 127
defined 195
overview 9-12
completion scripts 79
config directory 134
configuration files
restoring backup 46
conventions, in this guide 5
conversion programs, adding 77
converting
schemas 121
crawl parameters
proxying 96
crawlers, See robots
creating
categories 137
filters 74
import agents 112
site definitions 67
customizing
About screen 147
user interface 143-147
D
data structure, changing 118
database
deleting 124
optimizing 122
partitions 122-123
schema and 118
databases
checking server 126
reindexing 125
days, setting for tasks 53
deleting
categories 138
database 124
filters 73
Personal Web Pages 124
resource descriptions 124
site definitions 66
disabling
category browsing 144
DNS
cache 99
overriding translation 97
DNS aliasing 72
DOC files 76
documents
conversion of 76
as resources 12
Domain Name Service, See DNS
Domain Name System 47
domain name, server 50
E
editing
filters 74
import agents 112
resource descriptions 124
enumeration
defined 196
error log file 165
viewing 167
error responses, customizing 51
errors
list of 52
examples
copying a set of categories 135
Excel files 77
expiration date, purging by 125
expired resource descriptions, purging 125
explicit category assignment 131
extraction
defined 59
F
fields
determining names 118
determining types 118
file conversion 76
file formats
converting 76
supported conversions 76
File Transfer Protocol, See FTP
file types, categorizing by 131
files
process.conf 91
robots.txt 95
taxonomy.rdm 134
temporary 97
filters
creating 74
deleting 73
editing 74
firewalls, robots and 96
fonts, used in this guide 5
forms
Category Construction Editor 133
Import Agent Properties 112
Indexing Preferences 80
Quick Start Tasks 34
Robot Executive Summary 101
Robot Overview 61
Site Probe 71
forms, Manage Filters 73
FrameMaker files 76
FTP, URLs and 12
G
generation
defined 196
glossary 195-198
H
hierarchy, See categories
host names 97
HTML files 76
HTML tags, META 132
HTTP
persistent connection timeout 47
I
Import Agent Properties form 112
import agents 110-117
creating 112
defined 111, 196
editing 112
robots vs. 59
running
automatically 117
manually 116
scheduling 117
importing 110-117
defined 196
frequency of 117
system resources and 117
indexes
advantages of 11
checking 86-126
filling 55-107
overview 9-11
planning 9-21
purposes of 10
scope of 27
sites covered 27
indexing
categories 141
defined 59
indexing preferences 80
Indexing Preferences form 80
inittab
editing 36
interactive server monitor 171
Interleaf files 76
Internet Protocol, See IP
intranet
defined 9
IP addresses, using as filter 97
K
keywords
categorizing by 131
robots and 26
L
location, categorizing by 130
log analyzer 171
log files 165
access 87, 165
viewing 166
checking 87
common format 168
error 165
viewing 167
flexible format 168
RDM 113
security 87
setting preferences 168
loops, preventing 59
Lotus Ami Professional files 76
M
Manage Filters form 73
matching, categorizing by 131
META HTML tags 132
Microsoft Excel files 77
Microsoft PowerPoint files 77
Microsoft Rich Text Format files 76
Microsoft Word files 76
MIF files 76
migration from Catalog Server 1.0 191-194
mirroring 111
monospaced fonts, in this guide 5
deployment issues 27
N
iPlanet Compass Server
file conversion and 76
Netscape Composer
taxonomy annotations and 132
iPlanet Directory Server 27
Netscape Navigator 12
Netscape Navigator Gold 132
nobody user account 49
O
online indexes
categories for 128
See also indexes
optimizing, database 122
overview of this guide 2-4
P
partitions 122-123
passwords
robots and 96
PDF files 76
performance
robot 99
persistent connection timeout 47
Personal Web Pages
deleting 124
ping utility 102
ports
80 (HTTP) 50
above 1024 50
changing 50
clients and 50
recommended 50
server 50
PowerPoint files 77
PPT files 77
preferences
global 48
indexing 80
process.conf file, editing 91
product names, categorizing by 131
proxy servers, robots and 96
Q
Quick Start Tasks form 34
R
RDM log 113
redirection 72
reindexing
categories 141
renaming
categories 138
requests
server and 46
resource description database, reindexing 125
resource description messages (RDM)
defined 197
resource descriptions
defined 21, 197
deleting 124
editing 124
examples of 22
exchanging 24
importing 110-117
overview 21-24
purging expired 125
resources
assigning to categories 26, 139
categorizing 127
defined 12, 197
handled by robots 12
restarting the server 34
Rich Text Format (RTF) files 76
robot API 26
Robot Executive Summary form 101
Robot Overview form 61
robot parameters
advanced settings 97
authentication parameters 95
robot rules
classification rules
order of 85
setting 81-86
robots 55-107
API 26
categorizing by location 130
category annotations and 132
checking status 64
configuring 91-98
operational parameters 56
robots rules 56
controlling 60-99
customizing 26
data storage 97
defined 197
extraction 59
fine-tuning performance 97
import agents vs. 59
indexing phase 59
overview 56-60
proxying and 96
resources handled by 12
rules for 64-86
scheduling 78
starting 62
automatically 78
manually 62
status
detailed 99
stopping 63
unattended 78
robots.txt file 29-30, 95
root
server and 49
RTF files 76
S
Schedule Expire Agent form 125
Schedule Reindex Agent form 126
schedules
activating 53
coordinating 117
deactivating 53
for import agents 53, 117
for purging 125
for reindexing database 126
for robots 53, 78
schema
Advanced Search screen and 119
database and 118
schemas
converting 121
defined 118, 197
designing 118-121
editing 125
metainformation and 26
overview 118-121
scoping, defined 24
scripts, completion 79
search keywords, robots and 26
search statistics 146
searching
browsing vs. 25-26
planning for 25
schemas and 118
search-only interface 144
Server Manager
changing data structure 118
configuring robots 56
defined 197
server name
changing 50
server names, categorizing by 131
server settings, viewing 41
servers
categorizing by 130
errors, list of 52
ports above 1024 50
ports under 1024 49
redirected 72
requests
maximum simultaneous 46
root user 49
starting 34, 35, 38
user account for 49
with automatic restart 39
with the Control Panel 38
stopping 34, 37
user accounts
changing 48
virtual 72
sidebar text, in this guide 5
site definitions 64-72
creating 67
deleting 66
Site Probe form 71
sites
indexing 27
restricting access to 95
Smart Host Heuristics 97
spiders, See robots
starting the server 34, 35, 38
user account needed 49
statistics
robot performance 99
search 146
status, robot 99
stopping the server 34, 37
strategies, for categories 130-131
styles, in this guide 5
system preferences
configuring 46
T
tasks, scheduling 53
taxonomy, See categories
taxonomy.rdm file
copying 134
locating 134
modifying 134
templates
end-user interface 144
temporary files 97
terms, in this guide 5
typestyles, used in this guide 5
U
Uniform Resource Locators, See URLs
URLs
enumeration and 59
resources and 12
usability, of categories 130
user accounts
changing 48
nobody 49
user interface
templates 144
user interface, customizing 143-147
V
version, robot 100
viewing server settings 41
virtual servers 72
W
web sites 12
Word (Microsoft) files 76
WordPerfect files 76
X
XLS files 77