What is an Infobase?
An infobase is a single-file electronic repository for large
volumes of dynamic reference information. Infobases are perfectly suited to
handle the large amount of information that, for example, insurance carriers
utilize each day.
Using Folio infobases, workgroups can access and adapt
information in ways that make it more valuable to them. Corporations,
workgroups and individual users all benefit from Folio's unique ability to
index and retrieve information rapidly, store and display multimedia
objects, link information together, update information on-the-fly and
present a variety of contexts in which to view large collecttions of
electronic reference information.
The Most Current Information…Instantly
Folio infobases guarantee instant access to the most current
information available. To begin with, every word in an infobase is indexed
so that no stop words exist in the infobase. Users can type in a word, a
phrase, or a query, based on Boolean operators, and watch the Query Map
display the results of the search in real time. Users can expand or narrow
an infobase query on-the-fly. With the click of the mouse, users can
navigate through the sections of an infobase that contains the information
that they need.
The Folio Views search engine supports standard Boolean
search operators, phrase searching, proximity searching and word stemming to
include word variations and synonyms in searches.
Powerfully Simple End-user Software
Infobases allow information professionals to continue to use
familiar tools and concepts associated with paper-based research like
grouping, annotating, and organizing personal views of relevant information.
Folio infobase files work the way that information
professionals work, allowing individuals to search, tag, and group together
information and uses electronic version bookmarks, highlighters, and sticky
Information analysis is simplified through the use of
searchable fields, user-defined hypertext links, and the ability to quickly
move new information into a multitude of formats.
Infobases Integrate Seamlessly
Infobases are also workgroup and workflow-enabled.
Infobases support workgroup access and editing, and are capable
of supporting an unlimited number of simultaneous searches across
a Local Area Network (LAN) or Wide Area Network (WAN) and workgroup
and workflow software. In addition, Folio's Open Infobase
Architecture enables third-party integrators to design custom applications
with the Folio Software Developer's Kit or Folio 4.5 Integrator.
The Folio Advantage
Information is the key to success. The better the
information, the better the chance for success, but only if it can be
managed and used effectively. For most of us, it is not lack of availability
of information that is our biggest problem; it is the lack of ability -- the
ability to quickly find the needed relevant information along with the
ability to effectively use that information when needed.
Folio products offer customers significant value in performing their business
functions. Folio infobases provide a powerful and innovative approach to
managing, distributing, and protecting large volumes of free-format and
semi-structured electronic reference information.
Folio Views is a high-end, access
and retrieval product designed for professional information users. Its
primary use is robust, off-line text searching within very large free-format
Infobases. Folio Views allows users to be more effective at finding and
providing instant answers within massive amounts of information, making
decisions, consulting clients, creating reports, and solving problems with
is more than a text browser -- it also allows users to personalize the
information content with highlighters, notes, linking, shadow files, and
full text editing.
Folio Views can be used to share information across your
internal network, or can be used as a publishing tool on CD-ROM for
distribution in your company or to groups of clients.
Folio Builder 4.7
Folio Builder is an industrial-strength suite of software aimed
at the corporate information specialist responsible for creating,
distributing, and updating Folio 4.5 electronic information. Its
applications convert, compile, and secure professional electronic
Workbench, a core component in Folio Builder, is a flexible data-conversion
application. Workbench follows a project-management approach for defining
the process to filter, convert, index, validate, and compress electronic
reference information into Folio infobase format.The Rights
Administrator contains tools that give infobase authors control over how
infobases are accessed and used. Security for each infobase is controlled by
the Rights Administrator allowing different levels of access and edit
ability to different groups of users. It also contains tools for designing
custom, data-specific query dialogs.
Folio Publisher 4.7
Folio Publisher is a redistribution
license and software solution for professional information content providers
who need to bundle robust information retrieval software with their content.A software
tool is provided for creating commercial infobase titles. These commercial
infobases can then be bundled with Folio Views and a special version of the
search engine designed specifically for commercial publisher who distributes
high value, mission-critical information.
Folio Integrator 4.7
Folio Integrator is the tool set that enables developers to incorporate
Folio's rich information management components into solutions. It
is the platform upon which Folio 4.3 applications are created. Folio
Integrator provides a set of pluggable components that add state-of-the-art
information retrieval to any application.Folio
Integrator provides a variety of links, an unlimited variety of
graphic, video, OLE, or user-defined objects, a dynamic table of
contents, fields, groups, annotations, and highlighters. Features
include ActiveX controls, C/C++ APIs, and compatibility with Visual
Basic, and other rapid application development tools.Controls
are available for every aspect of the user interface, including
document control for rich hyper-text data, table of contents, and
query. APIs exist for all server and server extension functions,
as well as import/export filters.
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