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Abstract : |
General purpose centralized whole Web indexes have become increasingly harder to set up and maintain with the scale problem of Web size. In this article we present a novel approach to information indexing and searching based on partitioning the Web according to Digital Neighbourhoods (DNs). Four concepts of DN are introduced which allow the definition of indexing and searching scopes. The architecture of a DN-based distributed system is then presented, and its characteristics of effective indexing, scalability and interoperability are discussed. The structure of a working prototype and some implementation details are presented. 1., |
