Table of Contents

• Search Based Applications
• Evolving Business Information Access Needs
• Origins and Histories
• Data Models and Storage
• Data Collection/Population
• Data Processing
• Data Retrieval
• Data Security, Usability, Performance, Cost
• Summary Evolutions and Convergences
• SBA Platforms
• SBA Uses and Preconditions
• Anatomy of a Search Based Application
• Case Study: GEFCO
• Case Study: Urbanizer
• Case Study: National Postal Agency
• Future Directions