A method and apparatus are disclosed which automatically build a
database by automatically assigning links to an expert, pushing content to an expert, providing expert
annotation, and linking the content to an
annotation database. A term is selected by applying rules, such as, the term not previously existing in the
database, an unusually
high frequency of the term, the term is an article or the term is an unusual
part of speech. An advertiser can sponsor the term, for example, by having a banner ad automatically pop-up on a
keyword search. Content windows can be attached to the term, the content window containing information such as definitions, related products or services, sponsorship information, information from content syndicators, translations and reference works. A utility is available to the expert that allows the expert to analyze the term in context by extending or reducing the
sentence or
paragraph the word is contained in.
Data objects that represent the contents of the database and templates are syndicated to remote servers running a
processing engine. The
processing engine uses these
data objects to execute linking rules without requiring a connection to the database.