[MKSearch-dev] Fwd: [philb@ICBL.HW.AC.UK: OpenSearch]

[Chris Croome]

Hi

This looks interesting:

  "OpenSearch is not a search engine -- it is a way for search
  engines to publish their search results in a standard and accessible
  format."

  http://opensearch.a9.com/

Though their RSS standard is rather odd (it would have been a lot
nicer if they had based it on RSS 1.0):

  "OpenSearch RSS 1.0 is an extension to the RSS 2.0 standard"

  http://opensearch.a9.com/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/

Chris


----- Forwarded message from Phil Barker <philb at ICBL.HW.AC.UK> -----

Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 12:27:41 +0000
From: Phil Barker <philb at ICBL.HW.AC.UK>
Subject: OpenSearch
To: CETIS-METADATA at JISCMAIL.AC.UK

Hello folks, does anyone have any opinions / experience with OpenSearch?
http://opensearch.a9.com/
"OpenSearch is a collection of technologies, all built on top of popular
open standards, to allow content providers to publish their search
results in a format suitable for syndication."
(the popular standards are RSS 2.0 and XML)

OpenSearch is used by the A9 search engine / aggregator, see here for an
example search: http://a9.com/Stephen%20Downes , and here for and
example of what can be searched using A9 and OpenSearch:
http://a9.com/-/search/moreColumns.jsp?q=Stephen+Downes

If you've not guessed already, I came across this today through Stephen
Downes' blog
(if you couldn't find the URL through A9 then I probably shouldn't have
sent this message)

Phil

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