February 2006
Communications Sector Update : Search Discovery; Extending IE7
"The format for this is to use the <link> element in HTML: <link title="Title" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" rel="search" href="URL"> "
January 2006
A9.com > OpenSearch > Sherlock ".src" Converter
"This tool converts Sherlock search plugins (those used with Mozilla, Netscape, Firefox, and other web browsers) into OpenSearch Description files".
A9 Developer Blog » Blog Archive » OpenSearch 1.1 Draft 2
"New in Draft 2: * A unified XML namespace. * <b>Autodiscovery of OpenSearch engines</b>. * A means to declare recommended search queries. * A public OpenSearch mailing list. * A reorganized opensearch.a9.com website. * ..."
A9.com > OpenSearch > OpenSearch 1.1: Response
"OpenSearch™ Response elements are used to add search data to existing XML-based syndication formats, such as RSS 2.0 and Atom 1.0".
November 2005
August 2005
Geeking with Greg: What's open about A9's OpenSearch?
"Accessing and republishing A9's results is prohibited by their <a href="http://opensearch.a9.com/-/company/tou.jsp">terms of use</a>, you silly goose. When they said open, they meant you could be open, not them".
Jon Udell: How open is OpenSearch?
"Without structured search there's no reason to produce microcontent, and without microcontent there's nothing interesting about structured search".
