Acknowledgements: Chowdhary, Other Teaching Staffs, Prof. Arvind W. Kiwelekar, Prof. Mrs. M. D. Laddha and
Acknowledgements: Chowdhary, Other Teaching Staffs, Prof. Arvind W. Kiwelekar, Prof. Mrs. M. D. Laddha and
Acknowledgements: Chowdhary, Other Teaching Staffs, Prof. Arvind W. Kiwelekar, Prof. Mrs. M. D. Laddha and
First and foremost, we would like to thank our guide, Prof. H.A. Akarte, for his guidance
and support. We will forever remain grateful for the constant support and guidance extended by
our guide, in making this project. Through our many discussions, he helped us to form and
solidify ideas. The invaluable discussions we had with him, the penetrating questions he put onto
us and the constant motivation, has all led to the development of the ideas presented in this
project.
We wish to express our sincere thanks to the Head of department, Dr. Girish V.
Chowdhary, other teaching staffs, Prof. Arvind W. Kiwelekar, Prof. Mrs. M. D. Laddha and
the departmental staff members for their support.
We would also like to thank our wonderful colleagues for listening to our ideas, asking
questions and providing feedback and suggestions for improving our ideas.
Finally, we would like to thank all whose direct and indirect support helped us in completing
the seminar in time.
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Abstract
There are enormous amounts of information widely available in the Intranets. This
information is only useful if data can be retrieved in an accurate and timely manner. Currently,
Intranet search engine has become a necessity due to lack of an efficient way to disseminate
useful information to its members. As Intranets become more common place, the need for
implementing the ability to search for content has become more important. Without a search
engine, much of the content that makes up an Intranet is lost. With so much importance placed
on this tool, it is imperative that thoughtful planning precede the implementation .Thus our
project aims to help the user to search and access text information.
Intranet search engines provide vital access to shared documents, open the resources of the
institution, extend the value of research, and provide information across distance and time.
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Contents
1 Introduction 1
1.1 What is Intranet? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.1.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.2 Scope of the Project .......................................... 3
1.3 Requirement Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3.1 Functional Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3.2 Non-Functional Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3.3 Software Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3.4 Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.4 The Difference between Intranet and Internet Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2 Problem Definition 7
2.1 The Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2 Objectives of Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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4.2 Multi-level approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.2.1 Data Gathering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
4.2.2 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.2.3 Search Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.2.4 Operation and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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