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- AppleSearch: Product Details, System Requirements
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- Copyright 1993, Apple Computer, Inc.
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- Article Created: 22 March 1993 (Extracted from the Tech Info Library, Apple
- Computer, Inc's technical information database on AppleLink.)
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- TOPIC -----------------------------------------------------------
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- This article contains AppleSearch product details, system requirements,
- and licensing and ordering information.
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- DISCUSSION ------------------------------------------------------
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- Client Software
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- The Client software provides electronic reporters and newspapers as an
- intuitive way to retrieve needed information when it is needed. You create
- an AppleSearch reporter to search for information on a specific topic. The
- AppleSearch reporter searches all selected information sources on the
- AppleSearch server for key words in a query, then quickly provides a list
- of documents that are relevant to the query -- ranked with from 1 to 5 stars.
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- You can choose to view the text of each document, or you can retrieve the
- full document in its original format. AppleSearch can display the
- reporter's results in a newspaper created automatically, on a regular
- basis, and delivered to a specified location on a hard disk. The electronic
- reporters can be saved to use again or to share with colleagues.
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- Server Software
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- The Server software has a feature-rich search engine that recognizes and
- processes the queries of AppleSearch client users. For each information
- source, AppleSearch maintains an index of all potential query terms in the
- document and their relationship to each other. You can index the
- information source immediately or schedule indexing so that users always
- have access to the latest information. The Server software maintains a
- database of all reporters, where you can access and use them over a local
- network or remotely by using AppleTalk Remote Access.
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- Indexing
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- • For each AppleSearch information source, AppleSearch creates an inverted
- file of query terms.
- • AppleSearch indexes information sources at 10-15MB per hour
- (depending on the type of computer used for the server).
- • Users can index information sources or schedule indexing to occur
- automatically at hourly, daily, or weekly intervals.
- • AppleSearch performs index compacting to reorganize the index and
- release unused disk space.
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- Security
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- • AppleSearch provides password logon to the server.
- • Using the security features associated with AppleShare or Macintosh
- file sharing, AppleSearch provides users with access privileges to
- information sources at the folder and nested folder levels.
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- Information Sources
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- • An AppleSearch information source is any shared folder on an AppleSearch
- server attached to a locally-mounted volume.
- • Users can make information available to be searched and retrieved by
- dragging document files into shared folders on the server.
- • An AppleSearch server can provide access to over 20,000 document files
- per server volume.
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- Query Features
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- • Reporters. Immediately or periodically searches and retrieves information
- relevant to the search criteria.
- • Import Export Reporter. Allows users to share reporters.
- • Relevancy ranking. Assigns from one to five stars to each document,
- according to its relevance to the search query.
- • Related terms. Displays words closely associated with a query term and
- allows you to copy and paste them into a search query.
- • Term expansion. Searches for variations of the root query term.
- • Proximity. Searches for words within a certain number of words.
- • Phrase searching. Searches for two or more words next to each other
- (proximity of one).
- • Wild carding. Searches for part of the search term.
- • Query by example. Allows cutting and pasting of a term or phrase from a
- document
- • Full Boolean operators.
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- Document Independence
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- Apple's XTND file format translator technology allows AppleSearch users
- to view the text of nearly all document types without using the
- application that created it. A basic set of translators is included with
- AppleSearch server software. Additional translators are available from
- third-party developers.
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- Guest Mode
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- AppleSearch allows guest users to create reporters for immediate
- searching.
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- Developer's Kits
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- The Newspaper Format Kit includes utility routines and the Newspaper
- Format Developer's Guide, needed to write software that can read and
- write AppleSearch-compatible newspapers.
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- The Client Developer's Kit is for developers who want to write custom
- user interfaces to the AppleSearch server. The API comes in C Library and
- AppleEvents versions. The kit includes several header and object files,
- developer documentation, a sample application with source code, and a
- set of test tools. The kit includes the AppleSearch Newspaper Format
- Developer's Kit.
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- System Requirements
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- To set up an AppleSearch Server, you need:
- • An Apple Workgroup Server 60, 80, or 95 (file and print configuration),
- a Macintosh Quadra, or a Centris 610 or 650.
- • Macintosh System software version 7.0 or later. (If you're using an Apple
- Workgroup Server, note that AppleSearch runs in the Macintosh OS
- partition of the server operating system.)
- • 8MB of memory to run concurrently with AppleShare. (The AppleSearch server
- software requires a 4MB partition.)
- • AppleSearch Server software.
- • Additional XTND translators for document format support other than what
- Apple provides
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- To set up an AppleSearch client, you need:
- • Any Macintosh computer with an internal hard disk and at least 4MB of
- memory.
- • Macintosh system software version 7.0 or later.
- • AppleSearch Client software.
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- To set up a network with AppleSearch you need:
- • AppleShare or the Macintosh file-sharing feature. (AppleShare can be
- purchased to provide a higher performance configuration that allows a
- larger number of users. AppleSearch is compatible with AppleShare 4.0
- and AppleShare Pro.)
- • AppleTalk software and an AppleTalk network connection (LocalTalk,
- EtherTalk, TokenTalk, or AppleTalk Remote Access).
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- Setup and Configuration
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- AppleSearch is quick and easy to install. You simply double-click the
- Installer icon on your Setup disk, and restart your computer.
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- Licensing and Ordering Information
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- This information will be updated when AppleSearch ships later this year.
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- Posted to:
- Apple Products
- New Apple Products
- Mar-93 New Product Announcements
- 5-Apr-93
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