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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2004
Marcus F. Fontoura, San Jose, CA (US);
Andreas Neumann, Gilroy, CA (US);
Runping Qi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Eugene J. Shekita, San Jose, CA (US);
Marcus F. Fontoura, San Jose, CA (US);
Andreas Neumann, Gilroy, CA (US);
Runping Qi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Eugene J. Shekita, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method, system, and program for handling redirects in documents. At least one equivalence class that includes documents that are connected through a redirect. Cycles for each equivalence class are detected, wherein documents in a cycle are marked so that they are not indexed. Incomplete chains for each equivalence class are detected, wherein documents in an incomplete chain are marked so that they are not indexed. A representative for each equivalence class is selected.