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

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

Actually, I think we need to show how you could access an SRU server through OpenSearch.  That's on my to-do list.

Windows 7, when it comes out, will have a federated search engine, based on OpenSearch, built into it.  The last thing we want to be telling our users is how to abandon OpenSearch in favor of SRU.

Ralph

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress [mailto:rden@loc.gov]
> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 9:19 AM
> To: search-ws@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: Re: [search-ws] Fw: Advice needed on federated search
> 
> Thanks, Janifer. Yes we do and I think it's a high priority.   Any
> volunteers to start it?
> 
> --Ray
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Janifer Gatenby" <Janifer.Gatenby@oclc.org>
> To: "Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress" <rden@loc.gov>;
> <search-ws@lists.oasis-open.org>
> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2009 7:59 AM
> Subject: RE: [search-ws] Fw: Advice needed on federated search
> 
> 
> > We need to come up with a document that outlines the effort
> (comparative
> > ease) to move from OpenSearch to SRU which also compares upgrading
> > OpenSearch with some missing elements in a way that is compatible
> with
> > Oasis SWS.  Our SWS binding analysis didn't seem to do the trick.
> >
> > Janifer
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress [mailto:rden@loc.gov]
> > Sent: 12 February 2009 17:48
> > 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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