I just committed a working version of my new OpenSearch Aggregator module to Drupal Contrib CVS.
OpenSearch is a standard by Amazon which allows you to share search results through RSS. The feeds are valid RSS, they just contain extra meta-data for searching. So, you can use OpenSearch with any RSS reader to set up feeds to track tags or keywords for example.
We also have an OpenSearch client module that provides these feeds, and I just updated it to send search relevance information along. So, you could set up 5 Drupal sites with OpenSearch module, and a sixth site with the OpenSearch aggregator. Now, you can search all 5 sites simultaneously, and get a single, ordered list of global results.
However, because OpenSearch is an open standard, it can be used for anything. Amazon's A9 search already offers media search for example. The possibilities really are endless.
The best part? The OpenSearch Aggregator presents its results through the normal search system. So, if you install the OpenSearch module on top of this, you automatically provide OpenSearch feeds for the aggregated search. In other words, Drupal is now a complete OpenSearch processing suite! There is no other CMS out there that can claim this.
More info is on the Drupal.org project page.
Drupal, the best way to interface with Nutch
This is excellent. I came to OpenSearch through my work with Nutch, and with this advancement of Drupal as an OpenSearch Client, Drupal's position as the best PHP frontend for Nutch is clear. Nice work!
This story on Digg.
Designs
Dam Steven. Your Garland design is awesome......
Care to design me a website layout? :D
Major Compliment
Remarkable. Awesome use of technology.
Can't find the aggregator files...
The download link on the Drupal site leads to OSU's open source projects, and I found downloads of the OpenSearch and OpenSearch client, but not the aggregator. The client only searches 1 feed, so I assume it is not meant to be the aggregator module. I would really like to try it out! Please advise?
Er?
The link is right there at the bottom of the blog post.
Yes, it is, but...
Click on it and it takes you to the project page, as specified. Then click the "download" link and see where you end up.
Project goof
Sorry lebachai, I didn't notice, but the 5.0 release on the project is messed up. I've asked dww to look into it, but in the meantime you'll have to fetch it through CVS.
Thanks
Glad I wasn't just imagining it! I'll get it from the CVS, thanks.
Usage?
Cannot add sources to the list of sources.
drupal-5.18/?q=admin/opensearch/add/source
That URL does not work? It shows a blank page.
Are there dependencies? I simple enabled it.
Issue tracker
I no longer maintain OpenSearch Aggregator. Use the issue tracker on the project page for support.