Tag Archives: opensearch

OpenSearch Update

I’ve been fairly busy at Microsoft, working, and hanging out with other interns and so I’m way behind on blogging about OpenSearch. Internet Explorer 7 beta 2 and Firefox Bon Echo are out, both with some degree of OpenSearch support. … Continue reading

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Google Data APIs Protocol

Google Data APIs Protocol – interesting move from Google. I (and others) have thought for a while that combining OpenSearch’s read capabilities with the Atom Publishing Protocol’s write capabilities would create a very powerful API, and that’s roughly what Google … Continue reading

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Google Toolbar Button API Follow-up

In my last post was my initital reaction to this new API from Google. It’s not surprising that I’m worried about Google’s plans here, as their record on XML cooperation hasn’t been all that stellar. I haven’t fully looked into … Continue reading

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Google Toolbar API – Guide to Making Custom Button

Google Toolbar API – Guide to Making Custom Button – aaaargh. I see Google’s recreated the OpenSearch Description format. Nice job guys. Oh yeah, and it also functions as an RSS feed information thingy…. which as far as I can … Continue reading

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Windows Search Guide

Windows Search Guide – a (very beta) page is up for adding search engines to the search box in Internet Explorer 7. Note that at the time of this writing the OpenSearch Description files they’re using are in v1.1 draft … Continue reading

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Major OpenSearch upgrade

I’ve been hard at work at A9.com, working on the OpenSearch website. Here’s some of what’s new: OpenSearch 1.1 Draft 2 The first draft went up in September – hopefully the second draft will become final within a few weeks. … Continue reading

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From metasearch to distributed information environments

From metasearch to distributed information environments (Lorcan Dempsy) is a good overview on metasearch in the academic enviroment, and search/metadata APIs. I looked at a number of the documents, including the first two PowerPoint files and the information on MXG. … Continue reading

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IEBlog : Hello from LA!

IEBlog : Hello from LA! – placeholder until tomorrow when I comment on this

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