8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising: performing a link analysis of the collection of the related data objects; calculating relationship scores for the related data objects based upon the link analysis; wherein the order is further based at least partially upon the relationship scores.
7. A method comprising: performing a link analysis of related metadata items to which a collection of related data objects conform; calculating metadata scores for the related metadata items based upon the link analysis; identifying search results for a set of query terms, each result of the search results being a subset of related data objects within the collection, the subset comprising, for each particular term of the set of query terms, at least one data object that matches the particular term; wherein identifying the search results comprises: identifying groups of initial data objects to investigate for the search results, the groups including at least a first group matching a first query term and a second group matching a second query term; identifying particular subsets of related data objects within the collection by, in an order at least partially based on the metadata scores, expanding networks of the related data objects from the initial data objects; determining which of the particular subsets qualify as the search results.