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|CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TOSECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|In
connection with the Annual Report of Convera Corporation (the Company) on Form 10-K for the period ended January 31, 2003 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
Report), I, Patrick C. Condo, President and Chief Executive Officer
of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant
to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:
|(1)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
         of 1934; and                               
|(2)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial
         condition and results of operations of the Company.
|By: /s/ Patrick C. CondoPatrick C. CondoPresident and Chief Executive OfficerApril 30, 2003