[Web4lib] Re: [XML4Lib] OJAX federated search service now in Beta

[Jason Zou]

It seems that OJAX is a good federated search service software. I have not
used its previous versions. Also I did not test its capabilities of
federated search.
I only tried its demo. To my surprise, from its interface design, it is too
primitive. And
it has some issues with IE 6 and Mozilla. Also it seems that it is
impossible to see the
abstract of the last record of my search result.

Anyway, it is an interesting software.

Jason

On 1/18/07, Judith Wusteman <judith.wusteman at ucd.ie> wrote:
>
> Apologies for any cross-posting.
>
> OJAX federated search service software is now in Beta release and
> available for download. Version 0.7 has improved performance, stability
> and user feedback, as well as additional features such as RSS/Atom feed
> support. (Atom feeds of stored searches alert users when new content
> matching their interests is harvested.)
>
> OJAX illustrates how federated search services can respond to new user
> expectations generated by Web 2.0:
>
> • Rich, dynamic user experience. OJAX uses Ajax technology to provide
> immediate dynamic response to user input.
> • Intuitive interface. The OJAX interface provides the simplicity and
> familiarity of Google but with the power of advanced search
> • Integration, interoperability and reuse. OJAX uses loosely coupled Web
> Services and supports the OpenSearch RSS standard, thus facilitating
> integration with a range of virtual library environments, institutional
> repositories, course management systems and institutional portals.
> • Open source standards-compliance. OJAX supports best-practice open
> source standards and software, including OpenSearch, OAI-PMH, StAX and
> Apache Lucene.
>
> Features of OJAX:
> * Auto-completion of search terms
> * Triggering of auto-searches
> * Dynamically scrollable search results - no more navigating between pages
> * Auto-expansion of search result details
> * Rapid sorting of results
> * Integrated with the Firefox 2 / IE 7 search feature
> * Supports OpenSearch Discovery
> * Stored searches as Atom feeds
> * Includes an OAI-PMH harvester
> * Easy to install in your own institution
>
> Further information, demo and download: http://ojax.sourceforge.net/
>
> Two alternative packages are available:
> 1. OJAX GUI, Web Services & Harvester
> 2. OJAX GUI, Web Services, Harvester & example repository index
>
> --
> Dr Judith Wusteman
> UCD School of Information and Library Studies
> University College Dublin
> Belfield
> Dublin 4
> Ireland
> Tel: +353 1 716 7612
> Fax: +353 1 716 1161
> URL: http://www.ucd.ie/wusteman/
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