20. A computer implemented method for processing information files characterized by containing or pertaining to targets of analysis, said method comprising: using at least one processor with accessible input/output and at least one data store to perform the following: storing information files and associated metadata in computer readable storage, the metadata including targets indicating information about the associated information files, said targets being typed-attributes usable by logic to process the information files; storing hierarchically organized profile data structures in a database including a plurality of individually addressable user records, each including named interest nodes which are user-tunable channels, each named interest node data structure being logically connected with at least one target data structure, each target data structure being logically connected with at least one typed-attribute which can be logically connected by the user to any of said plural user-tunable channels at the user's option; filtering the information files and metadata using said at least one target in a selected named interest node to produce a filtered set of information files, by executing a procedure on a data processing system in communication with the storage and the database, said meta data being produced by a person or an analyze engine performing analysis, extraction or classification on the associated information files; composing, using the data processing system, a first executable document for rendition of a graphical user interface at a user terminal including display to the user of the interest node names, including a representation of the filtered set of information files with user selectable mark-up identifying typed-attributes represented in the filtered set of information files and a representation of the profile data structure; sending said first executable document on a data network across a data network from the data processing system to the user terminal; modifying, using the data processing system, the selected named interest node which is a user-tunable channel in the profile data structure in response to an indication of a selected mark-up by adding the identified target; composing, using the data processing system, a second executable document for rendition of the graphical user interface using said modified named interest node; and sending said second executable document across the data network from the data processing system to the user terminal.
20. A computer implemented method for processing information files characterized by containing or pertaining to targets of analysis, said method comprising: using at least one processor with accessible input/output and at least one data store to perform the following: storing information files and associated metadata in computer readable storage, the metadata including targets indicating information about the associated information files, said targets being typed-attributes usable by logic to process the information files; storing hierarchically organized profile data structures in a database including a plurality of individually addressable user records, each including named interest nodes which are user-tunable channels, each named interest node data structure being logically connected with at least one target data structure, each target data structure being logically connected with at least one typed-attribute which can be logically connected by the user to any of said plural user-tunable channels at the user's option; filtering the information files and metadata using said at least one target in a selected named interest node to produce a filtered set of information files, by executing a procedure on a data processing system in communication with the storage and the database, said meta data being produced by a person or an analyze engine performing analysis, extraction or classification on the associated information files; composing, using the data processing system, a first executable document for rendition of a graphical user interface at a user terminal including display to the user of the interest node names, including a representation of the filtered set of information files with user selectable mark-up identifying typed-attributes represented in the filtered set of information files and a representation of the profile data structure; sending said first executable document on a data network across a data network from the data processing system to the user terminal; modifying, using the data processing system, the selected named interest node which is a user-tunable channel in the profile data structure in response to an indication of a selected mark-up by adding the identified target; composing, using the data processing system, a second executable document for rendition of the graphical user interface using said modified named interest node; and sending said second executable document across the data network from the data processing system to the user terminal. 25. The method of claim 20 , wherein said user selectable mark-up include a first mark-up marking a particular typed-attribute and selectable to cause execution of a program to change the filtered set of information files in response to the particular typed-attribute, and a second annotation marking said particular typed-attribute selectable to cause execution of a program to update the selected interest node with the target corresponding to the particular typed-attribute.