IAP Component: MDEX Engine^™

A High-Powered Database at the Heart of the Endeca IAP

At the core of the Endeca Information Access Platform (IAP) is the MDEX Engine, our innovative semi-structured database that provides advanced query capabilities for high-performance search and information access across your entire spectrum of structured and unstructured enterprise data.

Through a powerful combination of search, navigation and other specialized features, the MDEX Engine is able to guide users to the right content—no matter where it may be. Users also can discover additional information they were not previously aware of through summaries that improve their business decisions.

Key MDEX Engine Features Include:

Integrated API

All queries and responses leverage a unified API, so you’ll always get the same answer in response to a request, whether entering search words or selecting options from a menu. Results can also be in the form of Guided Navigation® menus, charts or analytics.

Semi-Structured Database

Each record has its own set of attributes based on the original source data as well as any metadata added within our Information Transformation Layer (ITL), simplifying data integration requirements and ensuring new content can be added in the future.

Generational Data Updates

New information can be added without impairing application up-time, ensuring your data is always current and available. Physical storage is also automatically managed, unlike relational databases and systems that require costly administrative tuning.

Security

For secure search requirements, access credentials can be indexed and filters applied to restrict user access to content.

Performance & Scalability

Endeca systems run on 64-bit platforms, support a distributed model for large scale applications, and allow queries to be threaded to take advantage of multi-core hardware architectures.

Standards-Based Access

Our MDEX Engine API responds to queries from any application through a SOAP Web Service, or through Java or .NET versions of its API.

Extensibility

New features can be added through the XQuery programming language and exposed to applications as web services. XQuery extensions to the MDEX Engine keep business logic separated from application presentation logic and execute the data-intensive operations efficiently and consistently at the data tier servers.

See how Endeca is leading the industry in enterprise search technology and empowering more than 600 leading organizations such as Walmart.com, ESPN, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, and IBM.