Subject matter context search engine

A searchable data system, comprising:

• a controller comprising a hardware processor for processing a search request;
• a first storage structure for storing a first knowledge base for transforming potential search terms from a first form to a standardized form, wherein at least two separate potential search terms in the first form correspond to a single standardized term in the standardized form;
• an input port for receiving the search request including a search term, wherein the input port is in operative communication with the controller;
• a second storage structure for storing a second knowledge base for relating the transformed potential search terms in the standardized form to a defined classification structure of a subject matter of the searchable data system, wherein the defined classification structure includes at least one classification having a parent and child relationship, wherein a child classification corresponds to a subset of an associated parent classification in relation to the subject matter;
• logic, executed by the controller for
• processing the search request, for transforming the search term of the search request into the standardized form using said first knowledge base and
• identifying the standardized search term, using the second knowledge base, to relate the standardized search term to a determined classification of the defined classification structure, and using the determined classification to relate the standardized search term to at least one term of the potential search terms to access the first storage structure to obtain data responsive to the search request, wherein the controller attempts to relate the at least one potential search term to the child classification prior to attempting to relate the at least one potential search term to the associated parent classification in the event the responsive data is unavailable using the child classification;
• and an output port for outputting the responsive data from the controller.