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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Phil Barker Learning Technology Adviser
ICBL, School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences
Mountbatten Building, Heriot-Watt University,
Edinburgh, EH14 4AS
Tel: 0131 451 3278 Fax: 0131 451 3327
Web: http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/~philb/
