[Opensim-dev] Search server DB schema

[Diva Canto]

Opening search was a request we made to Linden Lab back in the summer, 
to no response. However, when they switched to HTTP search, they 
indirectly helped us by exposing a few new configuration settings of the 
viewer with which you can choose any other HTTP-based search engine... 
like SLBrowser :-)
Here's information on how to do it:

http://metaverseink.com/OpenSearch/


David Wendt JR. wrote:
> Actually Lucene is Apache license. I forgot to specify that in the 
> original message.
>
> As for how to implement search, after reading your comments I'm 
> imagining a sim owner being able to publish to any and all search 
> servers they like. Then people can search from those providers 
> anything from multiple OpenGrids. For in-client HTTP search, we can 
> run modified viewers that let us connect to any search provider we've 
> defined in Preferences. (Also hack in secondlife:// links to add 
> search providers) All this leaves, is how to implement Old Search (if 
> we want to)... honestly considering LL has been phasing this out 
> anyway we might as well just skip it and work on HTTP search.
>
> Also, I'm not sure but I think the HTTP search box URL is hardcoded in 
> the client to LL's servers so we'll have to mod the viewer just to get 
> that changeable.
>
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