A method and system for the automatic harvesting and qualification of
dynamic database content for efficiently providing highly relevant and
timely information in response to a user's queries. The method includes
obtaining an initial categorization structure for organizing a plurality
of subject areas of information, obtaining a plurality of parametric
information lists for optimizing operation to a user's requirements,
acquiring a listing of qualified databases from candidate database
listing by matching candidate databases to a plurality of subject areas,
obtaining a query from the user, the query being associated with a
subject area, submitting a query to the qualified databases, acquiring a
collection of responsive content from the qualified databases, indexing
the responsive content to form an index for facilitating searching the
collection, and publishing a summary of the collection for review by the
user.