12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the step of generating an XML document is carried out by applying an XSLT style sheet to select only the required XML elements within the retrieved target document and place them in new XML elements as required by a retrieving application.
12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the step of generating an XML document is carried out by applying an XSLT style sheet to select only the required XML elements within the retrieved target document and place them in new XML elements as required by a retrieving application. 14. The method of claim 12 , wherein if tie scores occur, the retrieved target document ranked higher by an initial search is retained.