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Sorry, but, "me too!" Rob On Tue, 21 Apr 2009, Mike Taylor wrote: > I, and most of the people I've worked with, have been using the terms > "metasearch", "federated search", "broadcast search" and "distributed > search" synonymously for years. Have they now settled down into > having distinct meanings? If anyone could summarise, I'd be grateful. > > _/|_ ___________________________________________________________________ > /o ) \/ Mike Taylor <[log in to unmask]> http://www.miketaylor.org.uk > )_v__/\ "Sorry if my English didn't good enough to well explain my idea" > -- Ronachai Pratanaphon. > > > > Yitzchak Schaffer writes: > > 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 foeder?tus 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 > > > > -- > > Yitzchak Schaffer > > Systems Manager > > Touro College Libraries > > 33 West 23rd Street > > New York, NY 10010 > > Tel (212) 463-0400 x5230 > > Fax (212) 627-3197 > > Email [log in to unmask] > > Twitter /torahsyslib >