1. A method for retrieving documents from a database, comprising: identifying markers in a first text passage, representing the number of non-marker characters between said identified markers in said first text passage to generate a first marker sequence; identifying markers in a plurality of documents from said database; representing the number of non-marker characters between identified markers in said plurality of database documents to generate a plurality of database marker sequences; and evaluating said first marker sequence against said plurality of database marker sequences to retrieve documents from said database.
1. A method for retrieving documents from a database, comprising: identifying markers in a first text passage, representing the number of non-marker characters between said identified markers in said first text passage to generate a first marker sequence; identifying markers in a plurality of documents from said database; representing the number of non-marker characters between identified markers in said plurality of database documents to generate a plurality of database marker sequences; and evaluating said first marker sequence against said plurality of database marker sequences to retrieve documents from said database. 4. The method of claim 1 wherein said database documents contain passages that are similar to said first text passage.