Talk:Federated search

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Article should probably make some mention of Alpha, which is currently a federated search by Yahoo, currently in beta testsing.

Alpha can be found here: http://au.alpha.yahoo.com/

--TennBikeBerk 06:31, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

And of [OpenSearch], a popular search federation format supported by IE7, Firefox, and quite some searchable sites/applications --Raboof 11:26, 7 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Added Sesat to the list of implementations. --> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Federated_search&diff=205760004&oldid=193537898

Even though ZimZalaBim removed many of the implementations in the previous edit ( http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Federated_search&diff=193537898&oldid=193525054 )

i added Sesat to the list as it is an open sourced implementation, rather than just an existing federated search service available to the public to use. i think that this the "implementation" section should more clearly separated between implementations/platforms/typical-patterns and current federated search engines available. For example the references to metasearch and Google Scholar in the first paragraph of this section should also be removed.

Maybe a separate section "Examples" should be created to allow these services to be listed? Although i think this list would quickly become unwieldy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Michaelsembwever (talk • contribs) 11:19, 15 April 2008 (UTC)