初识OpenSearch

今天是第二次见到这个名词，搜索一下，了解一番:

 

 

FAQ:

What is OpenSearch?

OpenSearch is a collection of simple formats for the sharing of search results.

You can use OpenSearch formats to help people discover and use your search engine and to syndicate search results across the web.

Why use OpenSearch?

The web is a big place, and search engines that crawl the surface ofthe web are picking up only a small fraction of the great content thatis out there. Moreover, some of the richest and most interestingcontent can not even be crawled and indexed by one search engine ornavigated by one relevancy algorithm alone.

Different types of content require different types of searchengines. The best search engine for a particular type of content isfrequently the search engine written by the people that know thecontent the best.

OpenSearch helps search engines and search clients communicateby introducing a common set of formats to perform search requests andsyndicate search results.

 

Some ideas about it:

 

OpenSearch — or if not OpenSearch itself, then a technology withsimilar goals — may offer part of the solution to the problem of thecentralization of search. If we recognize search as the primary entrypoint into information, then we can also agree that decentralizing thesearch furthers the goal of decentralizing the information. If thesearch interfaces can be universally exposed, and the search resultsuniversally syndicated, then the issue of centralized control ispartially mitigated. To that end, OpenSearch offers a common formatthat enables search engines to publish their interfaces and syndicatetheir search results.

 

 

Scott Hanselman 介绍的OpenSearch 应用之1

Adding OpenSearch to your website and getting in the Browser's Search Box