[LINK] deep web

[Jan Whitaker]

At 02:24 AM 24/02/2009, stephen at melbpc.org.au wrote:
>To extract meaningful data from the Deep Web, search engines have to
>analyze users' search terms and figure out how to broker those queries to
>particular databases. For example, if a user types in "Rembrandt," the
>search engine needs to know which databases are most likely to contain
>information about art ( say, museum catalogs or auction houses), and what
>kinds of queries those databases will accept.

This topic looks ripe for debate.

If a person or company has intentionally incorporated a database 
strategy to keep information from being accessible by search engines, 
are they now going to have to reconfigure their systems to avoid that?

If someone has a 'locked' file cupboard in their public area, is it 
acceptable for someone with a lock pick to open it?

Jan



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