7. The method of claim 1 , wherein prior to evaluating: receiving and processing the user query input to determine a key term and one or more associated terms, wherein the key term is a query string and the one or more associated terms comprise taxonomic hierarchal relationship nodes related to the key term.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein prior to evaluating: receiving and processing the user query input to determine a key term and one or more associated terms, wherein the key term is a query string and the one or more associated terms comprise taxonomic hierarchal relationship nodes related to the key term. 8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising determining additional associated terms for each node of the taxonomic hierarchal relationship by processing each node's associated term.