SEARCH CITY 1.1
An ARS INNOVANDI Product

Search City is a Text Retrieval Software Product for Windows Power Users.

Today's PC users are faced with the ever increasing burden of storing and
managing vast quantities of electronic information stored as text
documents. Traditional ways to manage data found in structured,
field-oriented databases are not sufficient for handling information found
in unstructured files and documents. A new generation of text retrieval
tools and systems are emerging that allow users to manage and access all
their information with ease.

Search City puts advanced searching tools in the hands of PC power users.
It is for people who need to have information quickly available at their
fingertips. This group includes executive and managerial professionals,
knowledge workers, technicians, administrative and support personnel,
among others.

The product introduces a number of PC text retrieval innovations including
"byte-stream" indexes, a simple user interface, PowerQuery language,
customized filter technology and a single, integrated solution for both
structured and unstructured text-based information.

Text retrieval is a stand-alone utility, as well as a key component in
databases, document management systems, word processors, e-mail, OCR
systems, bulletin boards, integrated utilities and CD-ROMs.

"Byte-stream" Indexing - The most sophisticated search methodology

Search City's "byte-stream" index methodology, the first for the PC
platform, is not based solely on keywords, found in today's older inverted
file technology, but on character strings. It lets one search for
characters, words and phrases to radically increase the ease, precision
and speed of information retrieval when dealing with complex queries and
large databases.

Best GUI for text retrieval

Part of the strength of Search City is its single screen approach to
finding information. With Search City's navigational and search tools, one
can never get lost or confused during the search process. All tools are
clearly indicated to help the user look at the "hits" or files that
contain the hits after a query has been generated. When one identifies the
exact piece of information desired, one click will open the full
document.

PowerQuery language

Search City provides powerful query capabilities that the user exploits
combining simple commands or operators. It describes the search one wishes
to perform. This approach allows the user to continually refine and narrow
the search, ultimately zooming on the desired location of information.

Customized filters and subjects

Search City's filter technology increases the capability to find
information without making the query more complex. It is a simple way to
map characters to other desired choices. Using subjects is a powerful way
to classify and subclassify information to shortcut searches. Both are
ways to customize the product to one's specific needs.

One product for structured and unstructured data

Search City lets the PC user find information buried in textual databases,
as well as unstructured files like e-mail, faxes and user-composed
documents, all with the same interface and approach. The user doesn't have
to jump around using different methodologies or utilities to access both
kinds of data structures.

Language support

This version is available in English or Spanish.

Requirements

- Search City 1.1 runs on MS-Windows 3.0
- 286 or higher processor.
- 2 Mb RAM (4 recomended)

ENHANCEMENTS

Efficiency:

Search speed has been enhanced by using 32 bits code and fine tuning
critical algorithms.

File Group Index makes search velocity independent of the quantity of text
files.

User defined Stopwords (Null words)

Index size was reduced about 40%.

Easy of use:

Several enhancements make our highly appreciated User Interface even more
elegant and easier to use. In addition, we have eliminated the differences
between what the technical press calls "file indexers" and "textual
databases".

File Formats support:

Drivers for: MS-Word for Windows, WordPerfect 5.0 or 5.1, MS-Write, ANSI
Text (Notepad), OEM Text (DOS text) and more are on the horizon.

Speed Synonyms:

An unlimited number of synonyms can be used without affecting search speed.
This substantially improves the capacity to encounter information, without
the necessity of writing complex expert queries.

Language support

This version is available in English or Spanish. We are working on other
languages.

Requirements

- Search City 2.0 runs on MS-Windows 3.1
- 386 or higher processor
- 2 Mb RAM (4 recomended)
- 1.1 Mb in Hard Disk (with examples)

The price of Search City 2.0 for a sigle user is US$ 200 plus shipping and
handling, this includes a install disk with Search City 2.0 and manual.

There is a Demo version in ftp.cica.indiana.edu /pub/pc/win3/util
searchit.zip. This DEMO version only can index less than 100 Kb of text.
This Demo version has some bugs fixed in the final version.

 ARS INNOVANDI
 Phone  : (56-2) 231 1936
 Fax    : (56-2) 231 9756
 Address: Providencia 2184, piso 3
          Santiago, CHILE

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