RE: [search-ws] Fw: Advice needed on federated search

["LeVan,Ralph" <levan@oclc.org>]

Unless all those diverse systems he is trying to integrate have similar functionality and indexing, he's going to have to be happy with lowest common denominator searching, which is pretty much OpenSearch.  Anything above lowest common denominator is going to involve gateway layers and the explicit exposure and search mechanisms that SRU provide.

Ralph

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress [mailto:rden@loc.gov]
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 11:48 AM
> To: search-ws@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: [search-ws] Fw: Advice needed on federated search
> 
> Anyone here have any advice I can pass on to Mr. Lemen?  --Ray
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Lemen" <dave.lemen@ugov.gov>
> To: <rden@loc.gov>
> Cc: "John E. Hale" <john.e.hale@ugov.gov>
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 10:06 AM
> Subject: Advice needed on federated search
> 
> 
> > Mr. Denenberg,
> >
> > I've been following the work of the OASIS SWS Technical Committee
> with
> > interest. The organization I support, Intelligence Community
> Enterprise
> > Solutions (ICES), is part of the Director of National Intelligence
> CIO
> > organization, and provides search and discovery services that allow
> the
> > sharing and integration of information between the intelligence
> agencies
> > and their customers. In addition to providing search tools (as well
> as
> > other community services) on Intelink, ICES is also the DoD's managed
> > service provider for Content Discovery on its secret and unclassified
> > networks.
> >
> > As you may know, the DoD developed a Search Web Service specification
> > under the Horizontal Fusion program back in the 2003-2004 time frame.
> > Since then, the IC and DoD have tried, unsuccessfully, to arrive at
> an
> > updated, joint federated search protocol. There's general support for
> > using a combination of Atom, OpenSearch, and the Defense Discovery
> > Metadata Standard (DDMS) as the basis for a new specification.
> However, we
> > haven't come to agreement on query syntax or Web service style (SOAP
> vs.
> > REST). Our decision on Web service style is very much affected by the
> > access controls on some of the content sources, and use cases that
> involve
> > federating searches across security domains.
> >
> > Our organization would appreciate your input on some very near-term
> > decisions we need to make in this area. Specifically, what
> protocol(s)
> > would you recommend we implement this year (and what should we
> avoid), in
> > order to line up with the direction you see the OASIS work going?
> Also,
> > what direction do you see commercial product support going in this
> area?
> >
> > Please call me at the number below if you'd like. We can also arrange
> to
> > visit your office, or host a visit to ours as your schedule allows.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Dave Lemen
> > DNI CIO | IC Enterprise Solutions
> > CSC Contractor
> > dave.lemen@ugov.gov
> > 410-854-9634
> 
> 
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