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Professional Microsoft® Search: FAST Search, SharePoint® Search, and Search Server

by Mark Bennett, Jeef Fried, Miles Kehoe, Natalya Voskresenskaya

October 2010

Intermediate to advanced

499 pages

13h 41m

English

Wrox

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1.1. WHY ENTERPRISE SEARCH?1.2. HOW ENTERPRISE SEARCH DIFFERS FROM WEB SEARCH1.2.1. The Enterprise Is Not Just a Small Internet1.2.2. Technical Differences in Search Requirements and Technologies1.2.3. Every Intranet Search Project Is Unique1.3. ENTERPRISE SEARCH TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW1.3.1. Search Components Outline1.3.2. Vendor Vocabulary1.3.3. Scalability1.3.4. Federated Search1.4. MICROSOFT'S 2010 SEARCH TECHNOLOGY ROAD MAP1.4.1. Microsoft's Explanation1.5. CATEGORIZING YOUR ORGANIZATION'S USE OF SEARCH — EXAMPLES1.5.1. The Gray Area: Where Search Might Be Misranked1.5.1.1. A Local Sales Office1.5.1.2. A Contract Manufacturer1.5.1.3. A Midsized to Large Energy Producer1.6. THE ROI OF SEARCH1.6.1. The Business Intelligence Benefits of Search1.7. THE SEARCH CENTER OF EXCELLENCE1.7.1. Before SCOE1.7.2. The Birth of SCOE1.7.3. Centralized SCOE1.7.4. Distributed SCOE1.7.5. Examples of SCOE Tasks1.7.6. SCOE Staffing and Skills1.7.7. Questions That Everybody Asks1.7.7.1.1.7.7.1.1. Business Considerations1.7.7.1.2. Technical Considerations1.7.7.2. Why Not Just Use an Open-Source Engine Like Lucene?1.7.7.3. I Have Search Inside SharePoint; Do I Need Anything Else?1.7.7.4. Why Is Search so Hard?1.7.7.5. We've Upgraded Search, and Users Are Unhappy.1.7.7.6. Do I Need a Taxonomy?1.7.7.7. Do I Need Facets or Entity Extraction?1.7.7.8. What Is Clustering?1.7.7.9. Can't I Just Have Users Tag Everything?1.7.7.10. Can We Do It in Phases?1.7.7.11. How Much Is This Going to Cost?1.7.7.12. What Type of Staffing Do I Need for Search?1.7.7.13. Isn't Enterprise Search Dead?1.7.7.14. How Important Is the Gartner Magic Quadrant?1.8. SUMMARY
2.1. DEVELOPING THE SEARCH PROJECT PLAN2.1.1. eCommerce Search2.1.2. Intranet and Extranet Search2.1.3. File Share Search2.1.4. Public Site Search2.2. ORGANIZING FOR SUCCESS: THE SEARCH CENTER OF EXCELLENCE2.2.1. Centers of Excellence2.2.2. Building a Virtual SCOE2.3. THE PROCESS OF ACQUIRING A SEARCH PLATFORM2.3.1. Building a Business Case2.3.1.1. Hard ROI2.3.1.1.1. eCommerce2.3.1.1.2. eDiscovery2.3.1.2. The Soft ROI2.3.2. Defining Your Requirements2.3.2.1. An Overall Approach2.3.2.2. High-Level Questions2.3.2.2.1. Business Requirements2.3.2.2.2. Technical Requirements2.3.2.2.3. Hybrid Requirements2.3.2.3. Stakeholders2.3.2.3.1. Business Case Owner2.3.2.3.2. Content Owner2.3.2.3.3. IT/Development2.3.2.3.4. Senior Management2.3.2.4. The Role of Analysts2.3.2.5. Priorities2.3.2.6. Pre-Enterprise Search2.3.2.7. Plan for a Staged Implementation2.3.2.8. Creating the RFI or RFP2.3.3. Collecting Your Content2.3.3.1. Identify Your Content and Repositories2.3.3.2. Understanding Your Users and Their Needs2.3.4. The Acquisition Process2.3.5. Meeting with Suppliers2.3.6. The Proof of Concept2.3.7. Negotiating the Purchase2.3.8. Gathering Information: Training and References2.4. PLANNING YOUR DEPLOYMENT2.4.1. Optimizing the Roll-Out2.4.2. Tuning Relevance2.5. AFTER THE ROLL-OUT2.5.1. Search Sucks!2.5.2. Theory and Practice2.6. SUMMARY
3.1. UNDERSTANDING THE 2010 ENTERPRISE SEARCH PRODUCT LINE3.1.1. SharePoint Foundation 20103.1.2. Search Server 2010 Express3.1.3. Search Server 20103.1.4. SharePoint Server 20103.1.5. FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint3.1.6. FAST Search Server for Internet Sites3.1.7. Summary of Enterprise Search Options3.2. SHAREPOINT SERVER SEARCH VERSUS FAST SEARCH FOR SHAREPOINT3.2.1. Summary of Feature Differences Between SP and FS4SP3.2.2. Capabilities Found Only in SharePoint Server 2010 Search3.3. TYPICAL SEARCH SCENARIOS3.3.1. Intranet Search3.3.2. People Search3.3.3. Site Search3.3.4. Research Portals3.3.5. Customer Management3.3.6. Parts Search3.3.7. Intelligence and Investigation3.3.8. Intellectual Property Protection3.3.9. Compliance3.3.10. E-Commerce3.4. WINDOWS DESKTOP SEARCH3.4.1. The Role of the Desktop in Enterprise Search3.4.2. Windows Desktop Search 4: XP and Vista3.4.3. Windows 7 Desktop Search3.5. SEARCH IN EXCHANGE AND SQL3.5.1. SQL Server 20083.5.2. Exchange 20103.6. BING3.6.1. The Bing Exploration Approach3.6.2. Sections of Bing3.6.3. Voice Search: Bing and Tellme3.7. FEDERATION ACROSS PRODUCTS3.7.1. Federation and OpenSearch3.7.2. Windows 7 and Federation3.7.3. Choosing a Product for Your Application3.8. SUMMARY

4.1. SEARCHING WITH SHAREPOINT 20104.1.1. SharePoint 2010 Overview4.1.1.1. Search Server 20104.1.1.2. SharePoint Search 20104.1.1.3. Fast Search for SharePoint 20104.2. SHAREPOINT 2010 SEARCH ARCHITECTURE OVERVIEW4.2.1. Key Components4.2.1.1. Administration4.2.1.2. Crawler4.2.1.3. Query and Index4.3. DEPLOYMENT PLANNING4.3.1. Capacity Planning4.3.2. Distribution Considerations (Location, Location, Location ...)4.3.3. Information Architecture4.3.3.1. Crawled Properties and Managed Properties4.3.3.2. Content types4.4. INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION4.4.1. Single Node4.4.2. Multiple Nodes4.4.3. Scaling a Search Application in a Farm4.4.4. Configuration4.4.4.1. People Search4.4.4.2. Reporting4.4.4.2.1. Search Administration Reports4.5. IMPLEMENTING SECURITY4.6. CAPACITY AND LIMITATIONS4.6.1. Search Server 20104.6.2. SharePoint Search 20104.7. TOPOLOGIES4.8. FEDERATION4.9. SEARCH USER EXPERIENCE4.9.1. People Search4.10. OPERATIONS4.10.1. Relevance Tuning4.11. SUMMARY
5.1. SEARCH WITH FAST SEARCH FOR SHAREPOINT 20105.1.1. FAST Search for SharePoint 2010 Product Overview5.1.2. Key Search Engine Components5.1.2.1. Administration5.1.2.2. Content Gathering5.1.2.3. Content-Processing Pipeline5.1.2.4. Index5.1.3. FAST Search Authorization5.1.3.1. Query Component5.1.3.2. Web Analyzer5.1.4. Installation and Configuration5.1.4.1. Prerequisites5.1.4.1.1. Hardware Requirements5.1.4.1.2. Operating System Requirements5.1.4.1.3. Permissions5.1.4.1.4. Prerequisite Installer5.1.4.2. Installation5.1.4.3. Configuration5.1.4.3.1. Setup FAST Search Query Service5.1.4.3.2. Set up Content Search Service Application (SSA)5.1.4.3.3. Configure SSL-enabled communication5.1.4.3.4. Configure FAST Search Authorization (FSA)5.1.4.3.5. Configure Claims-Based Authentication5.1.4.4. Multinode5.1.5. Capacity and Limitations5.1.6. Topologies and Federation5.1.6.1. Search Cluster Columns and Rows5.1.6.2. Topology Design Considerations5.1.6.3. Federation5.1.7. Content Processing5.1.7.1. Tokenization, Normalization, and Lemmatization5.1.7.2. Entity Extraction5.1.8. Query Component5.1.8.1. FAST Query Language5.1.9. Relevance Tuning5.1.9.1. Managed Properties5.1.9.2. Rank Profile5.1.9.3. Search Center5.1.10. Search Administration5.1.10.1. Monitoring5.1.10.2. PowerShell5.1.11. Search Center5.1.11.1. End User Search Experience5.1.11.1.1. People Search5.1.11.1.2. UI Design Considerations5.1.11.1.3. Web Parts5.1.11.1.4. User Context5.2. SUMMARY
6.1. SEARCH ARCHITECTURE AND TOPOLOGIES6.1.1. SharePoint Search Key Components6.1.2. FAST Architecture and Topology6.1.3. How Architecture Meets Applications6.2. DEVELOPING WITH ENTERPRISE SEARCH6.2.1. Range of Customization6.2.2. Top Customization Scenarios6.2.3. Search-Driven Applications6.2.3.1. Search-Driven Application Example6.3. CUSTOMIZING THE SEARCH USER EXPERIENCE6.3.1. Web Parts with FAST6.3.2. Inter-Web-Part Communication6.3.3. Example: Tag Cloud Web Part6.4. SEARCH CONNECTORS AND SEARCHING LOB SYSTEMS6.4.1. New Connector Framework Features6.4.1.1. Crawling Associated Content6.4.2. Creating Indexing Connectors6.4.2.1. Model Files6.4.2.2. Tooling in SPD and VS20106.4.2.3. Writing Custom Connectors6.4.2.4. A Few More Tips6.4.2.5. Deploying Connectors6.4.3. FAST-Specific Indexing Connectors6.4.4. Customizing Connectivity6.5. WORKING WITH FEDERATION6.5.1. Custom Federation to FAST ESP6.5.2. Additional Considerations in Federation6.6. WORKING WITH THE QUERY OM6.6.1. Query-Side APIs and OMs6.6.1.1. The Federation Object Model6.6.1.2. The Query Web Service6.6.1.3. The Query RSS Feed6.6.1.4. The Query Object Model6.6.2. Query Syntax6.6.3. FAST Query Language6.6.4. Using RANK and XRANK6.6.5. Using SortFormula6.7. CONTENT ENHANCEMENT6.7.1. Advanced Content Processing with FAST6.7.1.1. Content Pipeline Configuration6.7.1.2. Content Pipeline Extensibility6.7.2. Multilingual Search6.8. EXTENDING SEARCH USING THE ADMINISTRATIVE OM6.8.1. Authentication and Security6.8.2. Search Reports6.9. SUMMARY
7.1. ESP PRODUCT OVERVIEW7.1.1. System Architecture and Administration7.1.1.1. ESP Architecture and Key Components7.1.1.2. The ESP Administrative Interface7.1.1.2.1. Viewing the Administrative Screens7.1.1.2.2. Accessing The Search Front End7.1.2. Installation and Setup7.1.2.1. Hardware7.1.2.1.1. Local Disk Drives7.1.2.1.2. RAID: The Type Matters7.1.2.1.3. Network Storage7.1.2.1.4. Solid State Storage7.1.2.2. Operating System and Software7.1.2.2.1. The Final Infrastructure: Java7.1.2.2.2. Virtual Systems7.1.2.2.3. VMWare Performance7.1.2.2.4. Hyper-V Performance7.1.2.2.5. HyperV and Linux7.1.2.3. Preparing to Install ESP7.1.2.3.1. The Surprisingly Important Installation and Prerequisites Guides7.1.2.3.2. Downloading the Package7.1.2.3.3. License File7.1.2.3.4. Incremental or Roll-Up Packages7.1.2.3.5. Differences Installing FSIS7.1.2.3.6. Some Differences Between Windows and Linux7.1.2.4. Doing the Install7.1.2.5. Surprises During Installation7.1.2.5.1. All Platforms7.1.2.5.2. Windows Surprises7.1.2.6. Install Checklist7.1.3. Quick Start: Build and Search7.1.3.1. Creating a Collection7.1.3.2. Searching the Collection7.1.4. Managing ESP7.1.4.1. FAST Home7.1.4.1.1. User Administration7.1.4.1.2. Manage Search Profiles7.1.4.1.3. Creating a Search Profile7.1.4.1.4. Revisiting FAST Home7.1.4.2. Search Business Center7.1.4.2.1. Reporting7.1.4.2.2. Boost and Blocks7.1.4.2.3. Synonyms7.1.4.2.4. Search Profile Settings7.1.4.2.5. Publishing7.1.4.3. ESP Admin GUI7.1.4.3.1. Collection Overview7.1.4.3.2. Document Processing7.1.4.3.3. Search View7.1.4.3.4. System Management7.1.4.3.5. System Overview7.1.4.3.6. Logs7.1.4.3.7. Data Sources7.1.4.3.8. Matching Engines7.1.4.3.9. Web Analyzer Overview7.1.4.3.10. Clarity Overview7.1.4.3.11. Command-Line ESP Admin Tools7.1.4.4. Other ESP Goodies7.1.4.4.1. Integrating the FileTraverser into the ESP Admin GUI7.1.4.4.2. About the Index Profile File7.1.4.4.3. Setting the Administrative Password7.1.4.4.4. Enabling Graphics Reporting in SBC7.1.4.5. Documentation by Role7.1.4.5.1. System Preparation and Setup/Technical Administration7.1.4.5.2. Business Administration/Boosts and Blocks7.1.4.5.3. Submitting Content into to ESP7.1.4.5.4. Customizing the Indexing Process7.1.4.5.5. Developers7.1.4.6. Technical Assistance7.2. CTS AND IMS7.2.1. Introducing CTS and IMS7.2.1.1. Content Transformation Services7.2.1.2. Interaction Management Services7.2.1.3. Summary of the CTS and IMS7.3. SUMMARY
8.1. THE BIG PICTURE: WHY IT'S BUILT THIS WAY8.1.1. The Core Nodes8.1.2. Getting Data into and out of the Core8.1.2.1. Inbound Documents8.1.2.2. Searches and Outbound Search Results8.1.2.3. QR Server Versus RTS Search8.1.3. Scaling in General8.1.4. Scaling Core RTS Search Nodes for Content8.1.5. Scaling Non-Core Nodes for Content8.1.6. Scaling Cores for Search Traffic8.1.7. Scaling in Both Directions8.2. OVERVIEW: HOW A MULTINODE INSTALLATION WORKS8.3. MULTINODE INSTALLATION PREP WORK8.3.1. High-Level Checklist8.3.2. TCP/IP Configuration Should Not Be Changed After Installation8.3.3. Check Your Firewall against ESP Ports8.3.4. Symmetric DNS8.4. UNIX-SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS8.4.1. Input Mode for Various Admin Tasks8.4.2. You Probably Need X-Windows8.4.3. Minimum X-Windows Resolution8.4.4. Unix Multinode Non-GUI Installs8.4.4.1. The Two Normal Scenarios8.4.4.2. Other GUI Choices for Unix Installations8.4.4.3. Can You Tunnel?8.4.4.4. Network Settings8.4.4.5. Other Choices for Bootstrapping InstallProfile.xml8.4.4.6. Using a Temporary Virtual Linux Box8.4.4.6.1. Using Microsoft Hyper-V and Linux Client Machines8.4.4.7. Using a Temporary Windows Microsoft Machine!8.4.4.8. Custom Install Profiles8.4.4.8.1. Differences between Microsoft Windows and Unix Node Definition8.4.4.8.2. Hand-Created Install Profile8.4.4.8.3. Create a Custom OEM Profile8.4.4.8.4. Custom Automation8.4.5. Specific Unix SSH Requirements8.4.5.1. Summary of SSH Setup Procedure8.4.5.2. Replace Passwords with SSH Credentials and Keys8.4.5.3. Removing SSH Host Authorization Prompts8.4.5.4. Distributing the SSH Credentials8.5. REVIEWING A THREE-NODE LINUX INSTALLATION8.5.1. Allocation of Processes8.5.2. Installation Profile8.5.3. Starting the Installation8.5.4. Defining Nodes8.5.5. System Tests8.5.6. Assigning Processes8.5.7. Copying Node Files8.5.8. Installing8.6. BACKING UP QUIESCENT STATES8.7. A FEW ESP TERMS YOU MIGHT COME ACROSS8.7.1. About Python and FAST Cobra8.7.2. References to FDS8.7.3. The Mythical ESPDeploy Application8.8. CUSTOMIZING THE DOCUMENT PROCESSING PIPELINE8.8.1. About ESP's Internal Data Representations8.8.2. Managing Pipelines Processing Stages8.8.3. Simple Pipeline Modification Example8.8.4. Configuring the Pipeline8.8.4.1. Step 1: Create the Batch File8.8.4.2. Step 2: Create a Document Pipeline Stage8.8.4.3. Step 3: Create a Document Pipeline Using the New Stage8.8.4.4. Step 4: Create a Collection and Submit a Single Document8.8.4.5. Step 5: Verify That Your Stage Works8.8.4.6. Some Caveats8.8.4.7. ESP Template Pipelines and Stages8.9. SUMMARY
9.1. SCALABILITY9.1.1. ESP Rows and Columns9.1.2. Scaling the Amount of Data9.1.2.1. Latency and Updates9.1.2.2. Metadata and Pipelines9.1.2.3. Licensing and Content9.1.3. Scaling the Number of Searches9.1.3.1. Average and Peak QPS9.1.3.2. Failover Rows9.1.3.3. Don't Bet Entirely on Caching9.2. INTEGRATING WITH A TAXONOMY9.2.1. Background and Definitions9.2.1.1. Types of Taxonomies9.2.1.2. Taxonomies Versus Ontologies9.2.1.3. Other Terms Associated with Taxonomies9.2.1.4. Faceted Navigation and Taxonomies9.2.2. Taxonomies as a Symptom?9.2.3. Taxonomy Workflow9.2.4. Taxonomy Rule Sets9.2.4.1. FAST Partner Teragram9.2.4.2. Rolling Your Own9.2.4.2.1. Outline of the Procedure9.2.4.2.2. Sample Stage Python Code9.2.4.2.3. Sample Stage Configuration File9.2.4.2.4. Sample Mapping File9.3. A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OTHER ADVANCED ESP FEATURES9.3.1. Structural Analysis Toolkit9.3.1.1. How Entities and Fields Relate to Navigators, Refiners, and Facets9.3.1.2. Various Methods for Entity Extraction9.3.1.3. STAN Workflow9.3.2. Relevancy Tweaking9.3.2.1. Default Relevancy9.3.2.2. Relevancy Tuning Options in ESP9.3.3. FAST's Hybrid Security Model9.3.4. Unsupervised Clustering and Noun Phrase Extraction9.3.5. Federated Search9.4. SUMMARY
10.1. SOCIAL COMPUTING10.2. SOCIAL SEARCH10.2.1. Types of Social Activities That Affect Search10.3. SOCIAL SEARCH IN SHAREPOINT 201010.3.1. Outlook 201010.3.2. Implementing Social Search in SharePoint 201010.3.3. User Profile Service Application10.3.3.1. User Profile Synchronization10.3.3.2. My Site10.3.3.3. User Profiles10.3.4. People Search10.3.4.1. Refiners10.3.4.2. Self-Search10.3.5. Social Search Experience10.3.5.1. Suggestive Search10.3.5.2. Contextual Search10.3.5.3. Click-Through Relevancy10.3.5.4. Social Tags10.3.5.5. Implicit User Profile Data10.4. EXTENDING SOCIAL SEARCH10.4.1. Enhancing Search Through Content-Processing10.4.2. Leveraging Social Distance Information10.4.3. Content Rating and Reviews10.5. SUMMARY
11.1. SEARCH AND BI ARE CONVERGING11.1.1. Search and BI Combine in Different Ways11.1.1.1. Text Analytics11.1.1.1.1. Voice of the Customer Applications11.1.1.1.2. Microsoft LookingGlass11.1.1.1.3. Summary of Text Analytics11.1.1.2. Search Analytics11.1.1.2.1. BI on Search and Web Logs11.1.1.2.2. BI on Search Result Sets11.1.1.3. Unified Information Access11.1.1.3.1. Finding and Reusing BI Artifacts11.1.1.3.2. Search as an Alternative Datamart11.1.1.3.3. Faceted Navigation as Analytics11.1.1.3.4. Ad Hoc Queries for Structured Data11.1.1.3.5. Integrated Information Access Platforms11.1.2. Business Intelligence Needs Search11.1.2.1. The State of Traditional BI11.1.2.2. Challenges with Traditional BI11.1.3. Benefits of BI Search Combinations11.1.3.1. BI for the Masses11.1.3.2. Search as the UI Paradigm for BI11.2. ADOPTION OF SEARCH/BI INTEGRATION11.2.1. Survey on Adoption11.2.2. Areas of Adoption11.2.3. Applications at the Intersection of Search and BI11.2.3.1. Customer-Centric Applications11.2.3.2. Information Consolidation11.2.3.3. Operational Intelligence11.3. MICROSOFT BI OVERVIEW11.3.1. BI in Microsoft SharePoint 201011.3.2. PowerPivot for Excel 201011.3.3. SQL Server11.3.4. SSRS11.3.5. SSRS with SharePoint11.3.6. Microsoft StreamInsight and Complex Event Processing11.3.7. FAST for Search on Structured Data11.4. THE MICROSOFT BI INDEXING CONNECTOR11.4.1. Tour of the Reports Center11.4.2. Features of the BI Indexing Connector11.4.3. Architecture of the BI Indexing Connector11.4.4. Setup and Administration of the BI Indexing Connector11.5. THE FUTURE OF SEARCH AND BI11.6. SUMMARY
12.1. THE SORRY STATE OF SEARCH12.1.1. The Flawed HAL9000 Usage Model12.1.2. Enterprise Search 2.012.1.2.1. Business-Driven Search12.1.2.2. Conversational Search12.1.2.3. Socially Aware12.1.2.4. Integrated with Other Content Sources12.1.3. Emerging Trends in Enterprise Search12.1.3.1. Business-Based Goals12.1.3.1.1. Search Becomes More Vertical12.1.3.1.2. Search-Based Applications12.1.3.2. User Experience12.1.3.2.1. User Roles12.1.3.2.2. Contextual Search12.1.3.2.3. Psychic search12.1.3.2.4. One-Click Search12.1.3.2.5. Visualization12.1.3.2.6. Non-Web Clients12.1.3.2.7. Creative Output Formats12.1.3.3. Search Technology12.1.3.3.1. Entity, Sentiment, and Fact Extraction12.1.3.3.2. Automatic Indexing12.1.3.3.3. Open Pipelines/Open Search12.1.3.3.4. Enterprise Capabilities12.1.3.3.5. Near Duplicate Detection12.1.3.4. Operations12.1.3.4.1. Cloud Computing12.1.3.4.2. Cores, Processors, and Virtualization12.1.3.4.3. Shifting Control12.1.3.4.4. Search as a Service12.1.3.4.5. Smart Indexing12.1.3.4.6. Hardware Searching12.1.4. Enterprise Search 3.0 — and Beyond12.1.4.1.12.1.4.1.1. Agents and Smart Agents12.1.4.1.2. Behavioral Tagging12.1.4.1.3. Language Support12.2. WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY12.3. SUMMARY
A.1. BOOKSA.2. MICROSOFT ENTERPRISE SEARCH SITESA.3. USER FORUMSA.4. NEWSLETTERSA.5. BLOGSA.6. VENDOR BLOGSA.7. OTHER BLOGSA.8. TRADE SHOWS

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Use Microsoft's latest search-based technology-FAST search-to plan, customize, and deploy your search solution

FAST is Microsoft's latest intelligent search-based technology that boasts robustness and an ability to integrate business intelligence with Search. This in-depth guide provides you with advanced coverage on FAST search and shows you how to use it to plan, customize, and deploy your search solution, with an emphasis on SharePoint 2010 and Internet-based search solutions.

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