XML and Google - Automatically Search for Top 10 related items
Jon Udell has a Google side bar in his blog . This sidebar lists Google's top ten hits
based on a set of key words. This is pretty cool especially if it is
interactive based on a Key Word store inside of metadata in the blog entry.
If that is the case, then this could be a very cool tool for navigating the
document stores of an enterprise.
Most document management systems require you to
move your documents into the store (using WebDAV, FTP or other system) then you
use a GUI to assign keywords and authorization rights to the documents. The
metadata from the keywords lets you search on items of interest across the
store. These systems have an overhead issue which requires users to post
their documents into the store then tag them before they become available.
Xythos has a very cool WebDAV based system
which handles metadata and remote access well. There are many other document
management system out there (DocuShare, Cypress) each with their own strengths
and costs.
The interesting thing about the simple Google side bar is that you get an instant snap shot of the related objects based on Google's searching capabilities. As Google advances, so does your side bar. You could limit the search base to your companies site with the "site:mysight.com" limiter.
As long as you are posting in HTML, you could include three or four meta-tags in the header that would be used for the Google side bar search. Every time someone looks at the page, they would get an automatic list of the top-ten for the topic. Very cool and easy trick to make information more available and more connected.
The interesting thing about the simple Google side bar is that you get an instant snap shot of the related objects based on Google's searching capabilities. As Google advances, so does your side bar. You could limit the search base to your companies site with the "site:mysight.com" limiter.
As long as you are posting in HTML, you could include three or four meta-tags in the header that would be used for the Google side bar search. Every time someone looks at the page, they would get an automatic list of the top-ten for the topic. Very cool and easy trick to make information more available and more connected.
Posted: Thu - July 10, 2003 at 04:56 PM
