The closer the search terms are to each other, the higher the document appears in the results list. The syntax for using these operators is similar. Attribute Searches Structured documents, like Web pages using HTML, contain fields and zones that can be searched in addition to the contents of the body of the document. The zone filter in the Verity search engine extracts zones and fields in documents so that they can be searched. The collection administrator defines the zones and fields that are extracted.
Zones are specific regions of a document to which searches can be limited.
Using the zone filter, the Verity search engine builds zone information into the collection's full-word index, which allows quick and efficient searches over zones. Internet Message Format documents. This includes standard email and Usenet news messages. Fields are extracted from the document and stored in the collection for retrieval and searching, and can be returned on a results list. Many commercial word processor applications include fields that can be searched.