Working of search service

Hi All,
i want to know how does the search exactly works in backgroung in plumtree/alui/oracle webcenter portal search. can some one provide any link or doc regarding this. I am using Plumtree v6.0 and search server 6.0. please let me know if any other information is required.

Hi,
Search is very differnt in ALUI/ Plumtree from WebCenter.
ALUI/ Plumtree comes with its own search service. This service can be configured through the configuration manager for ALUI. They provide nice extension mechanisms. For example you can write you own Web Crawler and index content. This will be part of your search results.
WebCenter uses SES which is an Oracle product. That works as a standard Web Crawler on WebCenter based portal or Spaces. For UCM there is a SES component which has to be installed on UCM. This component exports data from UCM in SES format which SES picks up for its DB.
Hope this helps get you started.
Venkat

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