LOCATION DESCRIPTION FOR FEDERATION AND DISCOVERABILITY
First Claim
1. One or more computer storage media having stored thereon a data structure for storing data representing location description files associated with data sources, the data structure comprising:
- a first data field containing data representing a simple location element of one or more data sources;
a second data field containing data representing a location type element of the one or more data sources; and
a third data field derived from the first and second data fields representing a location description format of the one or more data sources.
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Abstract
System and methods for directing a federated search using a location description file to locate a data source are provided. For a federated search, a location description may be used to describe the location of each data source searched, and may further be used to connect the user to that particular data source. The format of such a location description file may include several elements, some of which provide information on how to display the file (e.g., name, description, author, icon link, etc.) and other elements (e.g., simple location, location type, etc.) are used to connect the user to the location of the data source.
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20 Claims
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1. One or more computer storage media having stored thereon a data structure for storing data representing location description files associated with data sources, the data structure comprising:
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a first data field containing data representing a simple location element of one or more data sources; a second data field containing data representing a location type element of the one or more data sources; and a third data field derived from the first and second data fields representing a location description format of the one or more data sources. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of directing a search to a data source, the method comprising:
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receiving a location of a data source in a location description format, wherein the location description format includes a simple location element and a location type element; storing the location in a location description file; and accessing the location from the location description file. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. One or more computer storage media with computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of performing a federated search of one or more data sources in response to a search query, the method comprising:
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receiving a search query; locating one or more data sources using a location description file, wherein each data source has a location description file associated therewith; accessing the one or more data sources; searching the one or more data sources to produce search results; and providing a presentation of the search results. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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