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This page provides a list of frequently asked querstions concerning TeamWeaver [[Integrated Search]] (TeamWeaverIS) from the perspective of different roles.

If you have additional questions not yet satisfied here, edit the "talk" discussion page on top of this page, see our [[support]] page, use [[Special:WoogleFeedback]] or [[contact]] us directly.

== Decider questions ==

=== What can TeamWeaverIS do? Is it suited for my particular problem setting? ===
see [[Integrated Search/Decider manual|decider manual]]

=== How does TeamWeaverIS relate/compare to other search solutions (e.g. Lucene)? ===
see [[Integrated Search/Decider manual|decider manual]]

=== What user interfaces exist for TeamWeaverIS? ===
The TeamWeaverIS search backend comes with a plain browser-based frontend. Also, MediaWiki can be used as a search frontend if our extension [[Woogle4MediaWiki]] is used (WoogleRemote option). Addtional user interfaces have been implemented for the Eclipse IDE/Eclipse RCP and for Apple Macintosh.

Since the backend exposes its functionality as webservices, this allows you to build your own frontend resp. to integrate TeamWeaverIS in your application.

=== Where can I see a demo site running TeamWeaverIS? ===
The [[Special:Woogle|search in this Wiki]] is accessing a TeamWeaverIS backend via the [[Woogle4MediaWiki]] UI. A demo of the plain browser UI is running at http://octopus18.fzi.de:8080/teamweaverIS/

=== How much effort/expertise is required to set up TeamWeaverIS in my environment? ===
see [[Integrated Search/Decider manual|decider manual]]

=== How does TeamWeaverIS perform/which data volumes are supported/which hardware is required? ===
see [[Integrated Search/Decider manual|decider manual]]

=== Which data sources can be crawled by TeamWeaverIS? ===
see [[Integrated Search/Supported data sources]]

=== Is there commercial support for TeamWeaverIS? ===
As a research instution, we currently do not offer explicit commercial support for our tools. However, depending on your problem setting, we might assist you on a project basis or direct you to one of our partner companies which might be able to offer long-term support. [[Contact]] us for further information.

== Administrator questions ==
tbd.

== User questions ==
tbd.


== Developer questions ==

=== How can I crawl additional data sources not yet supported by TeamWeaverIS? ===
see [[Integrated Search/How to write a custom crawler]]

=== How can I contribute to TeamWeaver development? ===
If you would like to help us improving TeamWeaver or work on own ideas, please do not hesitate to [[contact]] us.