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whitepaper Domain Independent Generation and Management of User Queries in Semantic Web Environments2006-05-16 Technischen Universitat Munchen
  This paper introduces a system that provides semi-automatic search functionality independently from the given application domain. The authors determined two main goals for such a system: providing functionality for the generation of search applications and providing the concrete search functionality itself - both under consideration of the non-functional requirements adaptability (to changes in the application domain) as well as extensibility (to other application domains).

Tags: Programming Languages, Web Services		   
whitepaper Why Splunk?2006-05-15 Splunk
  Many solutions have been suggested for the problem of availability in increasingly complex infrastructures. Unfortunately most of these approaches focus on introspecting individual components or pile on even more complexity, which is odd because components on their own are fairly resilient and it's complexity that continues to perpetuate the availability problem. The indexing, linking, search and navigation engine can help improve the time to respond to incidents by allowing users to quickly dive wide and deep into massive amounts of IT data. The name of the indexing, linking, search and navigation engine for real-time IT data is Splunk.

Tags: Knowledge and Data Management, Search Strategies		   
whitepaper A Search Engine for QoS-Enabled Discovery of Semantic Web Services2006-05-15 Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
  Directory services are a genuine constituent of any distributed architecture which facilitates binding attributes to names and then querying this information, i.e., announc-ing and discovering resources. In such contexts, especially in a business environment, Quality of Service (QoS) and non-functional properties are usually the most important criteria to decide whether a specific resource will be used. To address this problem, the paper presents an approach to the semantic description and discovery of Web services which specifically takes into account their QoS properties. The solution uses a robust trust and reputation model to provide an accurate picture of the actual QoS to user. The search engine is based on an algebraic discovery model and uses adaptive query-processing techniques to parallelize expensive operators.

Tags: Search Strategies, Web Services		   
whitepaper COSMOS Strong-Motion Virtual Data Center2006-05-12 University of California
  The COSMOS Strong-Motion Virtual Data Center (VDC) is an unrestricted web-based search engine for access to worldwide earthquake strong-motion ASCII data files (http://db.cosmos-eq.org). It provides an interactive resource for research and practicing earthquake engineers, earth scientists, and government and emergency response professionals. Users have a wide range of access options; using the VDC, they may search for specific characteristics of the data, view data in a geographical perspective, preview records, compare response spectra with design spectra and download the data and metadata of most interest to them.

Tags: Web Services, Data Center		   
whitepaper Using Secure Enterprise Search With Microsoft's Active Directory2006-05-10 Oracle
  Once a person has installed Secure Enterprise Search, he or she needs to use Oracle Internet Directory (OID) for secure searching, but the company uses Active Directory as its directory standard. What does he or she do? This paper runs readers through the steps necessary to install OID, and set up External Authentication against Active Directory. Much of this information is available elsewhere, but figuring out exactly which steps are required simply to use Secure Enterprise Search can be something of a minefield.

Tags: Search Strategies, Directory Services		   
whitepaper Oracle Secure Enterprise Search: Implementing search.oracle.com, a Case Study2006-05-01 Oracle
  Oracle Secure Enterprise Search was configured to provide search-services for www.oracle.com (WWW) and otn.oracle.com (OTN). This service can be accessed via the URL http://search.oracle.com and will be expanded over time to cover more of Oracle's content such as Documentation, Blogs, and Forums etc. This paper provides an architectural overview and a look at best practices and lessons-learned gained from the experience of that implementation.

Tags: Search Strategies, Database Management		   
whitepaper Microsoft's Approach to Enterprise Search: Bridging the Gap Between Information Management and Enterprise Search2006-05-01 Microsoft
  The challenge most companies face is the disconnect between the software used to run the business and the people who drive business performance. Every business has to win customers, innovate, find new efficiencies and identify and adapt to change. But software does not do these things - people do these things. The solutions presented in this white paper lay the groundwork for bridging the gap between people and the systems they use, by putting powerful search capabilities where people need them most, and by providing a single point of entry into business-critical information. Microsoft search solutions give people a stronger connection to the tools and information used to run the business - and therefore give people a better opportunity to drive business performance.

Tags: Search Strategies, Collaborative Web		   
whitepaper Maximizing Visibility for Multilingual Web Sites2006-05-01 WTB Language Group
  Going global is not an act of good will - it is a smart and necessary business strategy. Establishing a global web presence provides one of the most affordable means of tapping into the international marketplace. An information-rich, well-published web site sells the products and services to potential clients around the world 24/7. In addition, multilingual content optimizes the effectiveness of the site by communicating with the customers in their language. However, many multilingual web sites are not as effective as they could be because potential customers cannot find them using search engines. This white paper addresses challenges unique to translated web sites for ranking high on search engines.

Tags: Web Development and Design		   
whitepaper Ginseng: A Guided Input Natural Language Search Engine for Querying Ontologies2006-05-01 University of Zurich
  The Semantic Web presents the vision of a distributed, dynamically growing knowledge base founded on formal logic. Common users, however, seem to have problems even with the simplest Boolean expression. So how can one help users to query a web of logic that they do not seem to understand? This paper addresses this issue by presenting Ginseng, a guided input natural language search engine for the Semantic Web.

Tags: Programming Languages		   
whitepaper Understanding Photowork2006-04-22 Association for Computing Machinery
  This paper introduces the notion of "Photowork" as the activities people perform with their digital photos after capture but prior to end use such as sharing. Surprisingly, these processes of reviewing, downloading, organizing, editing, sorting and filing have received little attention in the literature yet they form the context for a large amount of the 'search' and 'browse' activities so commonly referred to in studies of digital photo software. Through a deeper understanding of photowork using field observation and interviews, the authors seek to highlight its significance as an interaction practice and at the same time discover how "search" as it is usually defined may have much less relevance than new ways of browsing for the design of new digital photo tools.

Tags: Digital Cameras, 		  


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