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Here is Part I and Part II
Federated Search: Beyond the Basics
We have only scratched the surface of the technology. I recommend playing with federated search applications and reading some of my other articles:
Some federated search applications include:
* Mednar – Searches medical information sources.
* [...]
Peter Krasilovsky of the Newspaper Association of America just posted an article regarding the value of web-based search to newspaper organizations (read the article).
In the article, he very briefly discusses federated search and the value to newspapers. He says, “A near relative of enterprise search is federated search. It is an effort to collect all [...]
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Here is Part I
A Definition of Federated Search
While not everyone agrees on all details of what federated search is, here’s a fairly well-accepted definition:
Federated search is the process of performing a simultaneous real-time search of multiple diverse and distributed sources from a single search page, with the federated search [...]
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Federated search facilitates research by helping users find high-quality documents in more specialized or remote corners of the Internet. Federated search applications excel at finding scientific, technical, and legal documents whether they live in free public sites or in subscription sites. This makes federated search a vital technology [...]
When conducting a Deep Web search, one of the common problems is understanding and optimizing queries. Most deep web search engines are federated which means the query is passed simultaneously to multiple engines. If the federated search provider has done their job, then the query should seamlessly match to the logic of the native interface. [...]
