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A '''Searchsearch-based applicationsapplication''' ('''SBA''')is area [[software applicationsapplication]] in which a [[Search engine|search engine platform]] is used as the core infrastructure for [[information access]] and reporting. SBAsSearch-based applications use [[Semantic technology|semantic technologies]] to aggregate, normalize and classify [[Unstructured data|unstructured]], [[Semi-structured data|semi-structured]] and/or [[Structured data|structured content]] across multiple repositories, and employ [[Natural language processing|natural language technologies]] for accessing the aggregated information.

== Pre-conditions ==

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== Practical uses ==

SBAsSearch-based applications are used for a variety of purposes, including:

* ''' Enterprise Business Applications:''' For example, [[Customercustomer Relationshiprelationship Managementmanagement]] (CRM), [[Enterpriseenterprise Resourceresource Planningplanning]] (ERP), [[Supply Chain Management]] (SCM), Compliance & Discovery, and [[Businessbusiness Intelligenceintelligence]] (BI)

* ''' Web Applications:''' Typically, B2Bbusiness to business, B2Cbusiness to consumer, and C2Bconsumer to business applications that [[Mashup (digital)|mash-up]] data and functionality from diverse sources (databases, Web content, [[user-generated content]], mapping data and functions, etc.)

The use of a search platform as the core infrastructure for software applications has been enabled largely by two search engine features: 1) Scalability 2) Ad hoc access to multiple heterogeneous sources from a single point of access.

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==Further reading==

* Worldwide Search and Discovery 2009 Vendor Shares: An Update on Market Trends, IDC #223926, July, 2010 by Susan Feldman and Hadley Reynolds.

* Butler Group [http://www.butlergroup.com/webinarIntroduction.asp?mcr=EXA190509&scr=EXA190509 Webinar on Search Based Applications] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110112201509/http://www.butlergroup.com/webinarIntroduction.asp?mcr=EXA190509&scr=EXA190509 |date=2011-01-12 }} explaining SBAsearch-based applications and how they work

* Presentation on [http://www.informationbuilders.com/support/developers/presentations/?109 Search Based Applications] by [[Information Builders]]

* IDC Executive Brief [http://www.exalead.com/software/forms/download.php?resourceid=69 "The Information Advantage: Information Access in Tomorrow's Enterprise,"] October 2009, downloadable from the [[Exalead|Exalead.com]] website. Adapted from [http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=217936 Hidden Costs of Information Work: A Progress Report] and [http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=219883 Worldwide Search and Discovery Software 2009–2013 Forecast Update and 2008 Vendor Shares] by Susan Feldman, IDC.

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* Information Today article [http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/NewsBreaks/Attivio-Upgrades-Its-Active-Intelligence-Engine-67608.asp Attivio Upgrades Its Active Intelligence Engine]

* [http://lucidworks.com/blog/debugging-search-application-relevance-issues/ Debugging Search Application Relevance Issues] by Grant Ingersoll. Accessed October 22, 2014.

* [http://www.mind7.fr/en/information_intelligence.html Explanatory video on SBA'ssearch-based applications and Contentcontent Analysisanalysis]

* [https://sinequa.github.io/sba-angular/intro.html Introduction to the SBA framework]

== See also ==

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* [[Search oriented architecture]]

* [[Software as a service]]

* [[Lucene]]

* [[Exalead]]

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