Abstract: A system and method for providing computer network search services. The system includes a search interface builder, which provides a “wizard”-based interface and set of tools that allow a user to build search interfaces. The system also includes a token implementer, which cooperates with a token parser and one or more index maps to designate catalog fields according to a language-independent naming schema. A resource classifier is also provided by the system, which provides the ability to perform resource classification “on-the-fly”. A relevancy processor, which allows searchers and administrators to control the relevancy of a document discovered during a search depending on the source of the particular document, is also included in the system.

Abstract: A system and method for packaging and unpackaging files using a markup language wrapper for network search and archiving services. The method begins by creating at least one package of metadata to associate with at least one file. Then, at least one file to which the created package of metadata is to be associated is selected. Next, a metapackage is created by embedding the package(s) of metadata and the selected file(s), in their original form, into a markup language record. The created metapackages may then be provided for search over a computer network, where they can be searched and retrieved based on desired metadata values. Once retrieved, at least one file is extracted from the retrieved metapackage(s) for viewing by a searcher in their original form.