By David Utter
Expert Author
Article Date: 2005-09-06
The Oklahoma City-based company wants to find beta testers for its "x cubed dot net" search application.
DocSoft's web site says the company was formed by its founder to develop a better way of delivering up-to-date information via the use of XML. The company says it supports open standards like XML and related technologies.
The forthcoming beta test of the company's X3.Net search will let testers try out a new search engine that focuses on XML tags and content:
Unlike HTML, which defines the appearance of documents for the Web, XML specifies what the information is with tags that identify categories of information. This adds some "intelligence" to an otherwise flat document.
Since XML markup adds "intelligence" to your documents, we take advantage of the markup by allowing the end user to search in relation to the tags, which provides "context".
This format "indexes XML documents according to individual the XML tags in a document, rather than just to the document level as most search engines do," according to DocSoft.
X3.Net will index other document types besides XML. They list html and pdf along with several Microsoft Office formats. Their search engine will make heavy use of Microsoft technology, as it uses the .NET Framework and runs on IIS. DocSoft plans to make X3.Net available as a search appliance for the small business through enterprise market.
