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NUMBER 293-338
DATE 930629
TITLE IBM SEARCHMANAGER/2
ABSTRACT SearchManager/2 is IBM's solution for text retrieval in the
OS/2 (R) 2.0 environment. It offers linguistic and precise search
options in the single-user or client/server environment, where the
server is OS/2 2.0 and the clients are either OS/2 2.0 or DOS/Windows
(1) 3.1-based.
SearchManager offers support for a variety of document
formats, types and languages. The documents may be located in either
the OS/2 file system, or Lotus Notes library, or a customer-chosen
library, where SearchManager provides the enabling support for any
library and a sample for a relational database.
The SearchManager end-user interface complies with Common User
Access (CUA (TM)) '91 architecture (object-oriented workplace model)
and is fully integrated into the OS/2 Workplace Shell (TM). All
SearchManager objects are represented as icons and allow for
drag-and-drop access. SearchManager/2 offers thesaurus navigation
capabilities with IBM Thesaurus End User System Toolkit/2. Refer to
Programming Announcement 293-340, dated June 29, 1993.
First Customer Shipment: By June 29, 1993, to an already
selected set of customers. These customers will participate in a
program designed to validate that IBM has achieved the quality
objectives for IBM SearchManager/2, IBM SearchManager LAN Server/2
and Client/2, and IBM SearchManager Client/DOS for Windows in a
variety of production environments. When these customers confirm
that IBM has achieved its quality objectives, IBM will announce
general availability and ordering information.
Basic One-Time Charge:
o $325 (SearchManager/2)
o $585 (SearchManager LAN Server/2 and Client/2)
o $585 (SearchManager Client/DOS for Windows)
Planned Availability Date: To be announced at a later date.
(R) Registered trademark of International Business Machines
Corporation.
(1) Trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
(TM) Trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
IN BRIEF . . .
o Enhances corporate and personal productivity by providing
participants direct, flexible access to information residing on
the LAN server
o Provides a business solution for customers who need text
retrieval integrated into their business applications and support
of compound documents
o Protects the investments in documents by supporting a variety of
document formats including SearchManager/370 and STAIRS format
(ECTF)
o Allows for growth enablement through the client/server concept in
OS/2 Version 2 environment
o Offers powerful systems management through time- and event-based
administration functions
PRODNO 5871-BBB 80G0045
5871-BBB 80G0039
5871-BBB 80G0051
OVERVIEW DESCRIPTION
IMPROVED WORKER PRODUCTIVITY
SearchManager/2 can assist in improving or enhancing decision making
and prevent duplication of efforts by allowing participants to
search, access and exploit information throughout the enterprise.
SearchManager/2 increases user productivity and acceptance
through its concept of editor, browser, printer, mail function and
library of choice.
SearchManager/2 provides a CUA '91 conforming (O-O workplace
model) end-user interface, allowing for reduced user training and
education. With its support of a variety of document languages, it
allows the searching of documents in mixed language document sets
(the dictionaries have to be ordered separately).
SearchManager/2 is designed for end users supported by
linguistic functions. If desired, all inflections of a word are
found, even if the search is for the stem of the word only. A search
for "mouse" would also find "mice".
(TM) Trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
ENABLE CUSTOMER'S SERVICE ADVANTAGE
SearchManager/2 provides a business solution for customers that need:
o A high precision information retrieval system and/or
o A high recall information retrieval system
o Either stand-alone or integrated into office, hypermedia,
publishing, and line of business applications.
SearchManager/2 provides the enabling support to handle
compound documents consisting of text and related objects (graphics,
images) via hyperlinks, offering a complete solution.
SearchManager/2 allows for text retrieval of documents without
copying the documents to be searched. It is designed to read
documents and build up the index, while the source document remains
in its original location and format.
IMPROVED SYSTEMS AVAILABILITY
SearchManager/2 offers powerful features for systems management
through its administration client. SearchManager/2 allows periodic
administration to set up the system in a way that manual intervention
can be reduced to a minimum. Parameters exist to update the index
based on time or queue. Merging and cleanup of indexes can be set to
time events.
In addition, it can be specified that certain OS/2 file system
directories are updated whenever they change, so that the index for
these directories is kept current automatically.
ASSET PROTECTION
SearchManager/2 protects the customer's investment in documents
stored with the IBM products SearchManager/370, STAIRS/VS CICS (TM)
and STAIRS/CMS.
SearchManager/2 accepts a variety of document formats for
building the document index. Editable Condensed Text Format (ECTF)
of SearchManager/370 and STAIRS is supported; migration of these
documents to SearchManager/2 is supported. This will allow the
"rightsizing" of an application coming from host-based retrieval
without requiring manual interaction.
NOTE: With SearchManager/2, the document information formatted field
and paragraph class information will be lost. The original data
content of the formatted fields will be interpreted as text in a
separate paragraph, if the ECTF documents are unloaded with formatted
field content.
SearchManager/2 offers its powerful search capabilities for
the use of existing libraries or repositories without storing the
documents twice. SearchManager/2 finds the documents and uses the
appropriate library services to retrieve and browse a selected
document.
SearchManager/2 allows participants to use the server's
resources, while relying on the local resources of the Windows or
OS/2 clients. It also allows participants in the enterprise to use
existing investments in PC clients based on Windows and OS/2.
(TM) Trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
ACCESS TO ENTERPRISE DATA
SearchManager/2 users have transparent access to corporate knowledge
such as meeting summaries and letters, residing on single
workstations or on LAN servers.
SearchManager/2 allows participants a smooth and orderly
transition from document management at the host level to the LAN
server environment. It allows for integration of host documents by
supporting a variety of document formats including SearchManager/370
and STAIRS format (ECTF). SearchManager/2 enables the organization
to respond to market changes without disruptive structural changes by
adding additional servers to an existing information network.
OPEN ENTERPRISE:
o UNICODE: Language/code page implementation follows standard.
o ISO 9001: Product development complies to ISO 9001.
PRODUCT POSITIONING
SEARCHMANAGER/2
SearchManager/2 is IBM's solution for full-text retrieval in the
OS/2 2.0 environment. It is especially well suited for target
applications with the following characteristics:
Number of documents: Hundreds, thousands.
Document structure: No structure.
Document format: Various formats.
Document languages: Various languages.
Online update of documents: Yes.
Change of document (time): Frequent change.
Document location: File system, other via API.
Compound documents: Yes, via hyperlink.
Precise searches: Yes.
Linguistic searches: Yes.
Boolean searches: Yes.
Proximity searches: Yes.
Wildcard support: Yes.
Security: Use library security.
APIs: Yes.
Search concurrent to index build: Yes.
Thesaurus support: Via IBM Thesaurus End User System Toolkit/2.
SearchManager/2 complements SearchManager/370, IBM's solution
for host-based information retrieval.
ADDITIONAL PRODUCT INFORMATION
SEARCHMANAGER/2
SearchManager/2 is a single workstation (SWS) and LAN-based product
providing text retrieval functions to users of OS/2 2.x. In the LAN
environment, OS/2 and DOS/Windows clients are supported.
SearchManager functions are divided into client and server
functions. All functions dealing with man-machine interaction (such
as query definition, help, linguistic aid and thesaurus navigation)
are handled from the client workstation. The SearchManager Client/2
supports two user tasks -- search and administration.
When a user selects a function that needs to access the
document index (stored on the server and shared by several users),
the SearchManager/2 server is invoked with the appropriate request,
such as search and update the index. For a complete LAN
installation, at least one client and the servers need to be
installed. With its first release, the following combinations are
possible:
o SearchManager Client/2 with SearchManager LAN Server/2
o SearchManager Client/DOS for Windows with SearchManager Client/2
and SearchManager LAN Server/2.
SearchManager/2 searches all kinds of documents, for example,
large numbers of articles, reports, contracts or laws. This way, it
helps to reduce cost and avoid delays.
SearchManager/2 is an application that allows for indexing of
text documents, allowing the users to:
o Expand their existing information repository (corequisite to the
SearchManager/2 product) both online and offline
o Retrieve information from information repositories according to
specified criteria and by various methods
o Retrieve information with support of linguistic functions that
allows finding, for example, all inflections of a word, even if
the search was for the stem of the word only (example: search for
"mouse" finds also "mice")
o Have retrieved information displayed at a terminal and further
processed: edited, distributed, or printed.
The computer is used for searching an information base at high
speed. The information bases, that is, the total body of information
that someone wishes to search, are kept available online on direct
access storage devices.
For the retrieval of information, a structured question must
be provided to the system. This question is called a "query". The
questions are simple to specify with no requirement to know
predefined keywords. Searches can be made to find any word or phrase
in a document. The answer to the question (search result) is a list
of the documents that satisfy the conditions imposed by the query.
SearchManager/2 enables the examination of individual
documents either at the display terminal or printed on paper (the
printing is done via OS/2 2.0 drag-and-drop and not part of IBM
SearchManager/2).
SEARCHMANAGER CLIENT/2
The SearchManager Client/2 (end-user and administration task)
supports the CUA '91 architecture (O-O workplace model) and allows
for novice and expert users.
o Search tasks
- Index selection (private, public: LAN)
- Folder selection (one, multiple)
- Specification and build up of query, featuring linguistic
functions:
-- Synonyms (user selectable)
-- Precise or linguistic search
-- Query language selection
-- Thesaurus exit (available if IBM Thesaurus End User
System Toolkit/2 is installed (ordered separately))
- Result presentation and navigation
-- Result list presentation
-- Sort of result list
-- Storage of search results and query
-- Invocation of document browsing with highlighting of hits
-- Editing, printing and mailing of choice
-- Hypermedia handling (published exit)
o Administration tasks
- Index administration
-- Status
-- Create and merge indexes
o Online update
o Explicit indexing
o Periodic indexing
-- Stop word list maintenance.
The hypermedia facility of SearchManager/2 provides enabling
support to handle compound documents consisting of any combination of
text and related objects, such as:
o Images
o Graphics
o RDBMS data
o Voice.
The SearchManager Client/DOS for Windows provides the same
search tasks as SearchManager Client/2. The administration functions
are not available under the DOS/Windows environment.
SEARCHMANAGER LAN SERVER/2
The search engine component allowing for:
o Boolean, proximity search of:
- Words
- Phrases, hyphenated words and compound words by exploiting
linguistic services (optional).
o Wildcard search
- Front-, middle-, end-masking
- Word-masking
- Character-masking.
The server can be integrated into existing environments:
o Enabling of any text library support through published library
interface with an example for DB2/2 (TM) (OS/2), including
Distributed Relational Database Architecture (TM) (DRDA (TM))
support.
o Support of text libraries (OS/2): OS/2 file system, Lotus Notes
library.
o Support of client/server environment (LAN version): via TCP/IP
or LAN-named pipes.
o Application programming interface (API) for information retrieval
as a client extension to the already published IBM
SearchManager/370 application programming interface:
- Search
- Indexing
- Search result handling.
o Support of the following document formats:
- RFT/E
- FFT
- Flat text files
- WordPerfect (OS/2)
- Word for Windows
- RTF (Rich Text Format)
- AmiPro (2) (RFT)
- ECTF (no structure).
o Enabling support for document format of choice. This option is
possible when the customer provides own set of library services.
(TM) Trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
(2) Trademark of Lotus Development Corporation.
LANGUAGE DICTIONARIES
The basic license includes the language dictionary for the selected
National Language Support (NLS) language and U.S. English. The
English version includes U.K. and U.S. English. Additional language
dictionaries have to be ordered separately, and will be charged
separately and packaged separately.
NATIONAL LANGUAGE SUPPORT
The following objectives will be fulfilled with SearchManager/2
Version 1.0:
o NLS for dialog (user and administration), will cover the
following languages:
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Spanish.
All menus, HELP screens, and user messages are translated.
The linguistic functions are based on national language
dictionaries for a variety of languages. The base product comes
with two dictionaries.
o Document support for left-to-right languages.
CUSTINFO PUBLICATIONS
The following publications are available through normal
ordering channels after product availability. To order, contact your
IBM representative.
ORDER
TITLE NUMBER
IBM SearchManager/2,
IBM SearchManager LAN Server/2
and Client/2, IBM SearchManager
Client/DOS for Windows
Overview Flyer GK10-2018
Programming Interface SH12-5987
Retrieval and Indexing User's Guide SH12-5986
Retrieval and Indexing User's Guide
(WIN) SH12-6070
EDUCATION SUPPORT
Contact your IBM representative for all applicable course
information.
Descriptions of all classroom and self-study courses are
contained in the SKILL DYNAMICS (TM) CATALOG OF IBM EDUCATION
(G320-1244).
Call IBM Direct -- Education at 800-IBM-TEACh (426-8322) for
schedules and enrollments.
(TM) Trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
TECHINFO TECHNICAL INFORMATION
SPECIFIED OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
MACHINE REQUIREMENTS: SearchManager/2 supports the appropriately
configured hardware platforms supported by OS/2 2.0.
SearchManager LAN Server/2 supports the appropriately
configured hardware platforms required to support OS/2 2.0 and LAN
Server Version 2.0 (and TCP/IP Version 1.2.1 for OS/2 if TCP/IP is to
be used).
SearchManager Client/2 supports the appropriately configured
hardware platforms required to support OS/2 2.0 and OS/2 Requester
from LAN Server Version 2.0 (and TCP/IP Version 1.2.1 for OS/2 if
TCP/IP is to be used).
SearchManager Client/DOS for Windows supports the
appropriately configured hardware platforms required to support:
o IBM or Microsoft DOS 3.3, or later
o Microsoft Windows 3.0 or 3.1
o LAN Support Program Version 1.3
o DOS LAN Requester from LAN Server Version 2.0
o TCP/IP Version 2.1 for DOS.
Then, it requires/supports the following hardware:
o IBM Personal System/2 (R) or equivalent with Intel processor
80386 or equivalent/above
o VGA, 8514, XGA (R) or SVGA (IBM) display adapter. CGA and EGA
displays are not supported.
(R) Registered trademark of International Business Machines
Corporation.
SearchManager LAN Server/2 has the following memory
requirements in addition to the prerequisite software:
DASD (MB)
PRODUCT RAM (MB) (CODE SIZE ONLY)
IBM SearchManager/2 4 2.8
IBM SearchManager
LAN Server/2 4 2.0
IBM SearchManager
Client/2 2 0.9
IBM SearchManager
Client/DOS
for Windows 2 0.8
NOTE: Hardfile requirements on a server workstation (SearchManager/2
and SearchManager LAN Server/2) in total, depend on the amount of
indexed documents (index size not included). Each dictionary
requires an additional 0.35 -- 2.5MB hardfile storage.
PROGRAMMING REQUIREMENTS: Programs required for IBM SearchManager
are:
o SearchManager/2:
- OS/2 2.0 (5621-077), or later
o SearchManager LAN Server/2:
- OS/2 2.0 (5621-077), or later
- IBM OS/2 LAN Server Version 2.0 or 3.0 (5621-253)
- IBM TCP/IP Version 1.2.1 for OS/2 (5798-RXW), only if TCP/IP
is to be used.
o SearchManager Client/2:
- OS/2 2.0 (5621-077), or later
- IBM OS/2 Requester from IBM OS/2 LAN Server Version 2.0 or
3.0 (5621-253)
- IBM TCP/IP Version 1.2.1 for OS/2 (5798-RXW), only if TCP/IP
is to be used.
o SearchManager Client/DOS for Windows:
- IBM DOS 3.3 (5604-025) or 5.0 (5604-350) or Microsoft DOS
3.3, or later
- Microsoft Windows 3.0 or 3.1
- IBM LAN Support Program Version 1.3 (5601-075)
- DOS LAN Requester (DLR) from IBM OS/2 LAN Server Version 2.0
or 3.0 (5621-253)
- IBM TCP/IP Version 2.1 for DOS (5621-219), only if TCP/IP is
to be used
- IBM SearchManager LAN Server/2 and IBM SearchManager Client/2
(both running on the OS/2 LAN Server).
Through their APIs, SearchManager/2 and SearchManager LAN
Server/2 support 32-bit applications created with the IBM C SET/2
Version 1.0 compiler.
SearchManager Client/DOS for Windows supports applications
created with the IBM C/2 (TM) Version 1.1 compiler.
Optional Programs:
o Thesaurus End User System Toolkit/2 (5622-081) to support users
in formulating queries
o DB2/2 (5622-044) to use delivered DB2/2 Sample
o Lotus Notes to use library services for Lotus Notes library.
(TM) Trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.
COMPATIBILITY: SearchManager LAN Server/2 can use a document index
that has been created by SearchManager/2. If a user wants to
"upgrade" from SearchManager/2 to SearchManager LAN Server/2, the
user can do so by:
o Saving the created document index
o Removing (uninstall) the SearchManager/2 product
o Installing SearchManager LAN Server/2 (server and client)
o Connecting the saved document index.
Customers can continue to search on the existing document
index.
SearchManager/2 and SearchManager LAN Server/2 cannot be
installed in parallel; however, a SearchManager/2 Client user of
SearchManager LAN Server/2 can also install the server part of
SearchManager LAN Server/2 as a local server (according to the
license agreement).
SearchManager/2 products support IBM SearchManager/370 ECTF.
NOTE: Each document must be in code page 850 in a separate OS/2 file
and that some attribute information is not supported.
PERFORMANCE CONSIDERATIONS:
General items:
o Processor type (386, 486)
o Installed memory
o Hard disk performance
o Number of concurrent applications.
Client/Server: additionally, number of concurrent users.
Processing time/disk space depends on:
o For indexing:
- Type of index (precise, linguistic, bimodal)
- Size of secondary index
- Document type (for example, flat ASCII, WordPerfect, or Word)
and content (for example, few verses many unique words).
o For searching:
- Complexity of the query
- Number of indexed documents
- Number of documents returned in the result list.
Example performance numbers:
o Environment:
- PS/2 (R) Model 90 (16MB RAM, 320MB disk space) i486DX -
25MHz.
- OS/2 2.0 plus ServicePak.
- SM/2 stand-alone installed (4000 documents equals to 2.8MB
input size). Test version of code (includes debug
information and is not optimized).
- Full optimization could achieve a performance gain of
approximately 10 -- 20%.
(R) Registered trademark of International Business Machines
Corporation.
TIME INDEX SIZE
INDEXING (1) (MIN:SEC) (MB) (2)
Precise 55:30 3.6
Linguistic 83:00 2.9
Bimodal 122:15 5.2
Search (1) (precise index)
One word 6 sec
Four words ANDed 6.2 sec
Complex query 7 sec
Masked word 6.3 sec
(1) Test achieved on a PS/2 with 75% of resources (RAM, CPU) in use
by other applications. No EUI used (dependent on size of result
list: add 2-4 sec).
(2) Temporary files require additional space, maximum 10MB.
PLANNING INFORMATION
CUSTOMER RESPONSIBILITIES:
o The decision on which documents should be included in the
SearchManager index.
o If the documents reside in the OS/2 file system, the Library
Services delivered with the SearchManager product can be used.
If the documents reside in DB2/2 tables, the DB2 (R)/2 Sample
delivered with the SearchManager product can be adapted. If the
documents reside in another data store, the customer has to write
the appropriate Library Services.
For SearchManager LAN Server/2 only:
- The decision on which users can use SearchManager for
indexing and searching.
- The decision on which machines SearchManager is installed and
which communication method (named pipes, TCP/IP) is used.
o Install SearchManager/2 or SearchManager LAN Server/2 and
SearchManager Client/2 (SearchManager Client/DOS for Windows) as
required and according to the license agreement.
o Setup automatic administration as required.
(R) Registered trademark of International Business Machines
Corporation.
PACKAGING: SearchManager/2 is distributed with the following
materials:
o Three program diskettes
o Two or three diskettes containing NLPS dictionaries (depends on
which dictionaries are included)
o IBM Program License Agreement
o Service Statement
o License Information
o Overview Flyer
o Programming Interface (API Guide)
o Retrieval & Indexing (User's Guide).
SearchManager LAN Server/2 contains client and server code and
MRI for all supported languages. It is distributed with the
following materials:
o Four program diskettes containing client and server code and MRI
for all supported languages
o Two or three diskettes containing NLPS dictionaries (depends on
which dictionaries are included)
o License Information
o Service Statement
o IBM Program License Agreement
o Overview Flyer
o Programming Interface (API Guide)
o Retrieval & Indexing (User's Guide).
SearchManager Client/DOS for Windows is distributed with the
following materials:
o Two program diskettes containing code and MRI for all supported
languages
o One or two diskettes containing NLPS dictionaries (depends on
which dictionaries are included)
o License Information
o Service Statement
o IBM Program License Agreement
o Overview Flyer
o Retrieval & Indexing (User's Guide).
SECURITY, AUDITABILITY AND CONTROL
IBM SearchManager uses the security and auditability features
of the underlying OS/2 operating system, the IBM OS/2 LAN Server
program and the document library.
Administration of SearchManager LAN Server/2 and document
index can only be done by a LAN administrator, not by an end user.
User management is responsible for evaluation, selection and
implementation of security features, administrative procedures and
appropriate controls in application systems and communication
facilities.
ORDERING ORDERING INFORMATION
Ordering information will be provided when the general
availability date is announced.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
LICENSING: The programs in this announcement are licensed under the
terms and conditions of the IBM Program License Agreement. A copy of
the agreement is included in the program package.
The SearchManager LAN Server/2 and Client/2 program consists
of two components. One executes on the OS/2 server and the other is
downloaded and executes on the OS/2 client affiliated with the
server.
The customer must acquire the number of program packages or
the appropriate number of additional license copies equal to the
number of OS/2 client installations.
ADDITIONAL LICENSE: IBM Customer Agreement (ICA) must be in effect,
or Proof of Additional License certificate must be acquired.
LIMITED WARRANTY:
o Program: Yes. Media: Three months.
o Additional Licenses: No. Media: Not applicable.
PROGRAM SERVICES: Central Service, including the IBM Support Center,
will be available until December 31, 1995. The statement of service
included in the program package describes this service.
CUSTOMER FULFILLMENT OPTION: Yes.
VOLUME DISCOUNT: Volume discounting is available under the terms and
conditions of the IBM Customer Agreement (ICA) and the Exhibit for
Personal Computer/System Programs. The programs in this announcement
are included in the Eligible Program List for Personal
Computer/System Programs. They may be added to the applicable
category in the space provided on the Eligible Program List. Program
packages are included in Category A under 5871-BBB. Additional
licenses are included in Category A under 5872-BBB.
TESTING PERIOD: Two months for program packages. The ICA must be in
effect.
NATIONAL EDUCATION LICENSE FEE: A National Education License Fee
(NELF) is available under the terms and conditions of the Education
Allowance Attachment. The NELF, which represents a 35% discount off
the single unit price, is not subject to any further discount or
allowance.
CHARGES
PROGRAM ONE-TIME
NAME/NUMBER ORDER TYPE CHARGE
IBM SEARCHMANAGER/2
80G0045 Program Package $325
80G0187 Additional License 300
80G0046 Proof of Additional
License Certificate 300
IBM SEARCHMANAGER LAN SERVER/2 AND CLIENT/2
80G0039 Program Package 585
80G0184 Additional License 535
80G0040 Proof of Additional
License Certificate 535
IBM SEARCHMANAGER CLIENT/DOS FOR WINDOWS
80G0051 Program Package 585
79G9715 Additional License 535
80G0052 Proof of Additional
License Certificate 535
ADDITIONAL LICENSES CHARGE: Customers who pay a one-time charge for
additional licenses may copy machine-readable program materials and
printed documentation previously acquired from IBM in a program
package. One copy may be made for each additional license ordered.
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