Different communities use "metasearch" and "federated search" to mean 
exactly exchanged meanings. So I don't know what YOU mean by 
"'metasearch' instead of real 'federated search'", Jakob, heh.

I prefer the terms:
* Broadcast search
* Aggregated index

But some people use "metasearch" to mean the former and some the latter; 
some people use "federated search" to mean the former, and some the 
latter.  Both uses are quite popular.  So I stick to terms above which I 
think are harder to confuse.

Jonathan

Jakob Voss wrote:
> David Kane wrote:
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>> Anyone got any suggestions?
>>
>> I am liking LibraryFind at the moment, but am not sure if anyone is using
>> it.  Has anyone else got experience with this or any other federated search
>> programs?
>>     
>
> How about YaCy (see http://yacy.net/oai.html). Or did you mean 
> "metasearch" instead of real "federated search"?
>
> Jakob
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