The Web has become the world's greatest repository of information on anything
and everything. It's extremely useful - as long as you can find what you're
looking for.
Despite the arrival of Google and other powerful search tools, information
seekers can't always connect with the most relevant information. Searches
often are too broad and yield irrelevant results. But there's an even more
problematic issue: digital information often remains undiscovered - stranded
on "islands," out of reach of Web site or intranet users.
Increasingly, however, savvy content owners are turning to XML and Web
services to deliver relevant search results to seekers of Web information in
a standard way. Through the use of XML authoring tools, owners of these
digital information islands are simplifying the creation of XML content and
enabling them to more effectively connect with consumers... (more)