INFORMATION ACCESS WITH USAGE-DRIVEN METADATA FEEDBACK

In a method for displaying and capturing metadata of documents within result presentations in information access or search systems, a metadata server is used for storing a metadata associated with any searchable document and the end users are given the opportunity to view and edit metadata associated with documents returned from the metadata server which is capable of automatically creating metadata objects associated with any combination of document query and document position in a result set for a given queryA search engine capable of implementing the method comprises a metadata server as part of or connected with its core search engine.