DocsCorp has announced its contentCrawler framework for making image-based documents completely text-searchable now extends to cover SharePoint libraries.

The solution has been designed to open up content held in repositories that may be non-searchable and therefore “invisible” to search technology.

"In terms of search, MS SharePoint has a couple of challenges: MS SharePoint does not require a lot of metadata to be associated with a document; MS SharePoint makes it very easy for users to create new sites for storing documents. If there is little or no metadata to search, or the exact location of the document is unknown, documents can go missing! Compounding the problem are image-based documents, which can be extremely difficult to locate under the best of conditions," says Dean Sappey, DocsCorp President.

Image-based files such as faxes, image PDFs and scanned documents often get profiled in the MS SharePoint through a variety of workflow loopholes; email attachments, legacy documents, mobile technology, documents ingested from acquisitions and imported litigation files. These image-based documents are “invisible” to MS SharePoint as there is no text to search.

contentCrawler can search an entire SharePoint library or a subset of documents based on specific queries. It works in the background to identify non-searchable content (image files, PDF files, and emails), converts it to a text-searchable PDF and saves it back into SharePoint as new versions or as replacement documents.

Sappey adds “if you don’t know the extent of the problem, or you are not sure if you have a problem, DocsCorp invites you to download its contentCrawler Audit tool, which will provide you with a snapshot of your MS SharePoint content.

contentCrawler also integrates with Autonomy iManage, OpenText eDOCS DM, OpenText Content Server, OpenText Livelink, ProLaw, Worldox as well as MS Windows file systems.

Request the contentCrawler audit tool from www.docscorp.com/cc