Embedded Business Metadata

A non-transitory computer-usable medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon for execution by a processor to perform a method for searching for data in a distributed Internet network, the method comprising:

• receiving a searching target from a subscriber, the searching target comprising a plurality of target information items and, associated with each target information item, an indication that the target information item is of one of a plurality of particular information types;
• receiving a plurality of served information groupings from a plurality of separate information servers located in the distributed Internet network;
• searching each of the plurality of served information groupings for fields identified using predetermined identifiers standardized among the separate information servers, the predetermined identifiers indicating that the identified fields comprise information of the particular information types associated with the target information items, the predetermined identifiers included in the served information groupings;
• determining that a first field in a first served information grouping is identified using a first predetermined identifier;
• determining that a subscription level of the subscriber permits access to the information in the first field;
• decrypting the information contained in the first field using a private key;
• determining that the first field contains one of the target information items;
• associating contents of the first served information grouping with search results;
• and
• transmitting the search results to the subscriber.