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AMI allows multi-criteria search requests (fields, documents, meta-data, dates, numbers) across Search Engines, Internet sites, Intranets, Databases, Content Management Systems and Newsgroups etc. Connection to data sources is performed by means of our generic connector and based on a protocol of questioning which allows the user to define the methods of access to specific data sources. The setting up of questioning protocols can be easily implemented by the System Administrator.
There are two ways to access a source of information which can often be complementary to one another.
- Questioning; which allows the user to ask a question or formulate a query using varying degrees of language complexity
- Navigation; which allows the user to go through a list, sometimes referred to as a tree, of documents. Navigation presents source locations using HTML and hypertext links.
AMI can employ both methods.
In the first case, the technology behind the connectors makes it possible to understand and simulate the search behavior of a user, even a user less experienced in creating search queries and scenarios, since all the functions of interrogation will always be fully utilised by AMI. In addition, the directing of several requests towards a particular source makes it possible to develop more complex queries automatically if required.
In the second case, the selected source will first be indexed by AMI which will then be able to question its own index via a dedicated connector. A connector can be weighted to a higher or lower relevance level. Provided that the API of the source is serviceable the connector will make full use of it, in other cases it will generate an HTML form designed for human interrogation.
Access to protected sources (Passwords, Forms, etc), often referred to as the Invisible Web, can also be automated with the relevant legitimate user access rights.
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