for a varied range of purposes. We also hope to shed light on the general convergences underway in search and database disciplines, convergences that make SBAs possible, and which serve as harbingers of information management paradigms and technologies to come.
KEYWORDS
search-based applications, search engines, semantic technologies, natural language processing, human-computer information retrieval, data retrieval, online analytical processing, OLAP, data integration, alternative data access platforms, unified information access, NoSQL, mash-up technologies
Contents
1.1.1 What is a Search Based Application?
1.2 High Impact, Low Risk Solution for Businesses
1.3 Fertile Ground for Interdisciplinary Research
1.4 A Valuable Tool for Database Administrators
1.5 New Opportunities for Search Specialists
1.6 New Flexibility for Software Developers
2 Evolving Business Information Access Needs
2.2 The Need for High Performance and Scalability
2.3 The Need for Unified Access to Global Information
2.4 The Need for Simple Yet Secure Access
3.1 Search Engines
3.2 Databases
3.3 What has Changed Recently
3.3.1 Search Engines Enter the Enterprise
3.3.2 Databases Go Online
3.3.3 Structural and Conceptual Changes
4.1 Search Engines
4.1.1 Conceptual Data Model
4.1.2 Data Storage
4.1.3 Storage Framework
4.2 Databases
4.2.1 Conceptual Data Model
4.2.2 Data Storage
4.2.3 Storage Framework
4.3 What has Changed Recently
4.3.1 Search Engines
4.3.2 Databases
5.1 Search Engines
5.1.1 Collection
5.1.2 Updating
5.2 Databases
5.2.1 Creation/Collection
5.2.2 Updating
5.3 What has Changed
5.3.1 Search Engines
5.3.2 Databases
6.1 Search Engines
6.1.1 Natural Language Processing
6.1.2 Relevancy Criteria
6.2 Databases
6.3 What has Changed
6.3.1 Search Engines
6.3.2 Databases
7.1 Search Engines
7.1.1 Querying
7.1.2 Output
7.2 Databases
7.2.1 Querying
7.2.2 Output
7.3 What’s Changed?
7.3.1 Search Engines
7.3.2 Databases
8 Data Security, Usability, Performance, Cost
8.1 Search Engines
8.2 Databases
8.3 What has Changed
8.3.1 Search Engines
9 Summary Evolutions and Convergences
9.1 SBA-Enabling Search Engine Evolutions
9.1.1 Data Model
9.1.2 Data Storage
9.1.3 Data Collection
9.1.4 Data Processing
9.1.5 Data Retrieval & Output
9.1.6 Data Security, Usability, Performance, Cost
9.2 Convergence
10.1 What is an SBA Platform?
10.2 Information Access Platforms
10.3 SBA Platforms: Market Leaders