Project Description

Rumour is an indexing system that uses the principles discussed above. It is a package which contains :

• Tools that can make a local index, and the smaller collectible index.
• A Collector program that collects indexes from other servers to make the Referring List.
• A Search program that searches through the local index and the Referring List.

The basic structure of the Rumour can be seen as follows :

• Structure of Rumour
• Indexing in Rumour
  • Local Index (Lindex)
  • Collectible Index (Cindex)
  • Referring List (ReferList)
• Searching in Rumour
• Updating in Rumour
  • Jack - Updating Lindex and Cindex
  • Collector - Updating ReferList