11. A capture element, comprising: a processor; a memory configured to be accessed by the processor; an interface configured for receiving an object in a network environment, wherein a search query can be received and include a first regular expression, and wherein the first regular expression comprises a string according to one or more syntax rules, the first regular expression being mapped to a first attribute, the first attribute being included amongst a plurality of attributes provided in an attribute map, and wherein the plurality of attributes each represent respective regular expressions; and a parser configured to only parse the regular expressions related to attributes that have not been found in the object, wherein if a parsing activity identifies a match for the first regular expression in the object, then other regular expressions that contain the first attribute are not searched for the search query.
11. A capture element, comprising: a processor; a memory configured to be accessed by the processor; an interface configured for receiving an object in a network environment, wherein a search query can be received and include a first regular expression, and wherein the first regular expression comprises a string according to one or more syntax rules, the first regular expression being mapped to a first attribute, the first attribute being included amongst a plurality of attributes provided in an attribute map, and wherein the plurality of attributes each represent respective regular expressions; and a parser configured to only parse the regular expressions related to attributes that have not been found in the object, wherein if a parsing activity identifies a match for the first regular expression in the object, then other regular expressions that contain the first attribute are not searched for the search query. 17. The capture element of claim 11 , wherein the attribute comprises a selected one of a credit card number, a credit card number attribute, a phone number attribute, an email addresses attribute, a bank routing number attribute, a social security number attribute, a confidentiality marker attribute, a web site attribute, an executive officers list attribute, a medical condition attribute, a medical diagnoses attribute, a confidential project name attribute, and a salary or compensation attribute.