Lesson 3 The Players: Federated Searching Software Providers and Products
What are they selling? The technology behind federated searching is straight-forward enough to prompt one industry insider to describe it as a “commodity.” So why are there so many options?
The Major Players The major players attempt to distinguish themselves by adding value to the basic technology Maintaining links Updating translators to remain compatible with search interfaces Results delivery: de-duping, ranking, sorting, fulltext linking, etc.
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