Search – This component helps users search the desired
artefacts. There are three types of search functions:
keyword-based search, advanced search, and navigationbased
search. Keyword-based search facility explores
the repository for a desired artefact utilizing the key
words that are attached as meta-data to each artefact.
Advanced search is based on a combination of logical
operators (i.e. And, Or and Not), while navigation-based
search means searching the artefacts based on the results
of the two main search functions. Navigational search is
provided by presenting the retrieved artefacts as
hyperlinks, which can be clicked to retrieve detailed
information about them and other related artefacts.