"Indexing" refers to the process of organizing and structuring information to make it quickly and efficiently searchable. This involves extracting keywords, metadata, or other identification features and storing them in an index, which serves as a reference for finding the information.
Typical functions of software in the area of "Indexing" could include:
Automatic indexing: Automatically extracting keywords or metadata from documents, files, or other content.
Manual indexing: Ability for users to manually add keywords, tags, or metadata to documents or content.
Metadata extraction: Extracting and storing metadata such as author, title, creation date, file format, etc.
Full-text indexing: Indexing the entire text content of documents or files to enable comprehensive search.
Keyword list management: Managing keyword lists or thesauri to use consistent and standardized keywords.
Fast search: Quickly searching the index to find relevant information based on the entered search terms.
Filtering and sorting: Filtering and sorting search results based on various criteria such as date, author, file type, etc.
Index updating: Automatically updating the index when adding, modifying, or deleting content to keep the indexing up to date.