LIBRARY DESCRIPTION OF THE USER INTERFACE FOR FEDERATED SEARCH RESULTS
First Claim
1. One or more computer storage media having stored thereon a data structure for storing data representing library description files associated with libraries, the data structures comprising:
- a first data field containing data representing one or more location elements, wherein one or more libraries are comprised of the one or more location elements;
a second data field containing data representing a display format element for the one or more libraries; and
a third data field derived from the first and second data fields representing a library description format of the one or more locations.
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Abstract
Methods and computer-readable media are provided for performing a federated search using a library description file to locate multiple data sources. For a federated search, a library description can be used to describe a set of data sources searched, and may further be used to describe how search results should be presented to a user. The format of such a library description file can include multiple elements, some of which provide information on how to display the library and others that define which data sources are included in the library. The library description file can be created according to library description template.
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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 library description files associated with libraries, the data structures comprising:
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a first data field containing data representing one or more location elements, wherein one or more libraries are comprised of the one or more location elements; a second data field containing data representing a display format element for the one or more libraries; and a third data field derived from the first and second data fields representing a library description format of the one or more locations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of creating a library description file, the method comprising:
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receiving a description of one or more locations, said description containing information describing a data source of each of the one or more locations; grouping the one or more locations based on predefined criteria into one or more groups; creating one or more library description files for each of the one or more groups, wherein said library description files are comprised of information describing the one or more libraries; and storing the one or more library description files on a computer-readable medium. - 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 executing a federated search of one or more libraries and displaying the libraries and search results according to one or more library description files, the method comprising:
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receiving a search query; receiving a selection of one or more libraries to perform the search query upon, wherein said one or more libraries have corresponding library description files; generating a list of search results by accessing one or more locations defined by the one or more library description files; and presenting a list of search results and libraries in an arrangement defined by the one or more library description files. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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