Product Data Sheet

Product Summary:

Our Learning Management System and Information Search Technology system gives you the power and flexibility to locate documents within and outside your organization, including:

• Scanned Images, Charts, Reports, Budgets, RFP's, receipts, letters, blueprints
• Intelligent formats such as HTML(Web Pages), Text, PDF, MS Word
• Local and Intranet documents, by Document Type, Keyword, Attribute, Subject, or any imbedded text. Local and Remote Searching are combined in a single search.

FlexDocs uses our innovative two-track search and display architecture. This design provides you with access to the widest possible array of document formats, while matching the viewing technology to the type of content. The user interface is web-based, straightforward, and easy to use.

Track 1: Search by Document Attributes: Many documents you wish to make available to your users are not available in an electronic form. Therefore, in your FlexDocs Repository they will not be text or HTML (Web) documents; they will be scanned images of the actual documents. These items will be carefully cataloged, with specific attributes assigned to help you locate them.

This type of search is the most precise, focused search, and brings back all documents matching the criteria you enter.

Track 2: Full-Text Search: For a wider array of documents which are stored in either simple text or HTML (Web) format, FlexDocs includes a Full-Text Search engine. In a Full-Text Search, you enter one or more keywords and FlexDocs locates documents in our indexes that contain these words or phrases. FlexDocs can index documents on your servers and/or documents across the web on remote servers, in any combination.

Many of the text and Web format documents may reside right in your FlexDocs Repository, others may be on other servers elsewhere on the Web. In either case, the FlexDocs screen links you directly to the document for context-viewing, full-viewing, and/or printing.

This indexing and searching strategy gives FlexDocs the best of both worlds: Electronic document formats, and scanned or image documents. Electronic documents which reside on servers in any remote location may be included in your searchable FlexDocs index.

Features List:

• ID and Password Security through Server Access Control List
• Indexing of HTML, Text, PDF and other formats for Full Text Searching
• Context View for Text-retrieved documents to show location of keywords
• Builds Full Text Search indexes only for locations you specify – not entire web
• Combined local and remote Full Text Search
• Query-by-Example for Text Searches – "Show me more pages like this one"
• Attribute Search by Subject, Keywords, other fields
• Attribute Search Results sorted by user-selected field
• Instant View with Optional Quick View feature using Invision Browse tool
• User option to download to a browser plug-in viewer if one is installed
• Online Help for end users

 

System Requirements:

FlexDocs is designed to be accessible to users with standard browsers, and with low-cost web connectivity.

 User (Browser) Requirements):

• Any Forms-capable browser
• Ability to accept TIFF-Viewer plug-in for image viewing (we strongly suggest using either Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer)
• Windows, Mac, or Unix computer with Internet or Intranet connectivity at 28.8 kbps or faster

 Server Requirements:

• Netscape Enterprise Server 3.0 or better (call for Microsoft IIS-based versions)
• Windows NT or UNIX Operating Systems
• Database compliant with ODBC (Ex: Oracle, SQL Server, Informix, Sybase, MS Access)
• Internet connectivity depending on expected user volume