Both the terms "federated searching" and "meta-searching" are often used
ambiguously to refer to both of these techniques.
I've been trying to use "broadcast search" and "local index" to be clear
about which technique I'm talking about. (I used to say 'cross-search'
for 'broadcast search', but I think 'broadcast search' is more clear).
Jonathan
Yitzchak Schaffer wrote:
Andrew Nagy wrote:
Summon is really more than an NGC as we are selling it as a service - a
unified discovery service. This means that it is a single repository of the
library's content ( subscription content, catalog records, IR data, etc.).
Federated search is not apart of Summon
Well, if we understand "federated" to mean "bringing stuff together by
searching all of it at once," then it is, as opposed to "broadcast
searching," a term you used later in this sentence. As in, "Origin:
1665–75; < L foederātus leagued together, allied, equiv. to foeder-
(nom. s. foedus) league" from
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=federated
It is, though, a great *breakthrough* in the area of federated search,
which is why we ordered an onsite demo immediately on hearing about this
product.
But I don't think I was clear with my question in any case; it occurs to
me now that my true question wasn't code-related, but seeing Summon on
the conf agenda prompted me to bring it up here. Namely: has anyone
investigated whether the arrangements SerSol has with content vendors
are easily duplicable by institutions for home-baked/potential OSS products
