Notice that when you look at a document on Microchip's site, part of the URL includes "/stellent/." Stellent is the document check-in/retrieval software.  When users check in a document, they type the metadata that identifies the doc. Then Stellent assigns a cryptic name to the file and stores it in an archive directory. When you search for a document on Microchip's site, you are talking to the Stellent software. 
 
Stellent uses a MS SQL Server database to store the metadata and file locations. It is possible to query the Stellent database and get an x-ref list of document titles (from the metadata) and their physical filenames. This has to be done by whoever manages the Stellent installation at Microchip. If someone were to ask nicely, perhaps the webmaster at Microchip could be pursuaded to peform this query. I think I'd ask in one of Microchip's forums that are monitored by employees.
 
The list of publications that is actually available to the *public* may be only a subset of the total. Whether or not the master list can be produced so as to list only public documents depends on how the site is organized, and whether or not they are collecting metadata to identify a document as public or internal use only. It may not be possible to easily produce the master list that Neal wants, depending on what metadata is collected during check in.

Note, I know nothing about Stellent other than what I've related here. However, one of my cow-orkers is the guy who manages the Stellent installation for the website of the company where I work. I related Neal's question to him, and he told me how the document retrieval works and how one would go about getting a "master list" of publications.
 
- Glenn Minch

>It would be nice to have a master list of just what
>all the documents are (by name) which are located at
>http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/DeviceDoc/.
>Is anyone aware of whether or not such a list exists
>for use by people outside of Microchip?

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