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Maciej Lizewski resolved CONNECTORS-727.
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Resolution: Fixed
Fix Version/s: ManifoldCF 1.3
merged to trunk with #1496848
> generic connector
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> Key: CONNECTORS-727
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CONNECTORS-727
> Project: ManifoldCF
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Maciej Lizewski
> Assignee: Karl Wright
> Fix For: ManifoldCF 1.3
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> OK, this is tricky, but really nice idea. I was thinking about indexing some
> sources which do not have API, or API does not provide information needed by
> Manifold, or there is dedicated system and IT team that can easily add some
> API.
> Now you have to write dedicated connector and probably some API extension,
> plugin, etc that would talk with each other to provide seeds, versions and
> documents. Which requires knowledge on how to write Manifold connectors AND
> knowledge about system - there is no so many programmers that know both
> systems :)
> So lets make things easier - provide "generic" Manifold connector that works
> with "generic" API (ie XML over HTTP which is *really* easy to implement in
> any language). This API and protocol are strictly defined and specified. Then
> to integrate with the custom document repository one has to only implement
> API entry point which follow those specifications.
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