Inc. MetaStar Gateway searches and retrieves information from any number of distributed information sources, regardless of protocol or profile, with a single query. As you may have experienced, it is difficult to find what you are looking for when presented with thousands of results that match your search request. Since most Web search services rely solely on the examination of unstructured textual information, they can not accurately locate the relevant information. Current search tools use the shotgun approach.
Every item matching a search term is returned.
MetaStar Gateway is a significant departure from existing search methods in that it uses a rifle approach. Rather than requesting information the old way, MetaStar Gateway puts the power in the user's hands. Users specify information sought through fields, and initiate searches using familiar HTML forms from their Web browser. Searches are accepted by MetaStar Gateway and executed against servers around the world regardless of protocol. MetaStar Gateway uses an open search protocol, which allows simultaneous searches of any number of servers.