6.9 Searching XML Documents
XML documents provide a tremendous advantage to narrowing search results because of their hierarchical structure and use of multiple document summary fields.
QuickFinder provides complete hierarchical searching using the fieldname=
search_criteria operator. For example, you can find information anywhere in the XML document, within any of the title tags, or limit it to within the title tag that is part of the <DOCUMENT><SUMMARY> hierarchy.
The following table shows example uses of the fieldname=
search_criteria operator when performing a search in XML documents.
Table 6-1 Example Uses of the fieldname=search_criteria Operator
search_criteria
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Finds
search_criteria anywhere in the document.
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/<Document*=
search_criteria
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Finds
search_criteria anywhere within any tag that is part of the <DOCUMENT> hierarchy.
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/<Document<Summary*=
search_ criteria
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Finds
search_criteria within any tag that is part of the <DOCUMENT> or <SUMMARY> hierarchy.
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/<Document<Summary<Title=
search_ criteria
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Finds
search_criteria only within the <DOCUMENT><SUMMARY><TITLE> hierarchy.
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/<Document*<Title=
search_criteria
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Finds
search_criteria within any TITLE tag, located at any level within the <DOCUMENT> hierarchy.
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/<*<Title=
search_criteria
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Finds the
search_criteria within any TITLE tag in the document.
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