Re: online documentation for web application

["David M. Brown" <dmbrown -at- brown-inc -dot- com>]

Sandy Harris wrote:
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> There's also the open source ht://Dig tool:
> 
> http://www.htdig.org/

After a quick perusal of this site, I'd note an important distinction:   ht://Dig is a search engine, whereas HTML Indexer is an indexing tool.

With ht://Dig, you search for terms and ht://Dig returns a ranked list of links to locations where it found a "match."

With HTML Indexer, you create an index like the one you see in the back of a book, as rich as you care to make it with synonyms and other terms that needn't appear in the source material.  (HTML Indexer can also format your index for use in a JavaHelp or HTML Help system.)

For more information on the advantages of a real index over a search engine for on-site information access, see the article "Why Create an Index?" at the URL below.

--David

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 David M. Brown - Brown Inc.
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A V A I L A B L E   N O W !        http://www.html-indexer.com/ 

HTML Indexer 3, still the easiest way to create and maintain real 
back-of-the-book indexes for web sites and other HTML documents.

Now including options for HTML Help and JavaHelp indexes, too!

 
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