Hi, I can't believe this idea received no replies! I wonder how many companies are already doing what Mark described here. ;)
In any case, I think this is HUGE. If you believe any of the enterprise search pundits, these connectors are essential to get Solr to be recognized as "enterprise ready". Otis -- Sematext -- http://sematext.com/ -- Lucene - Solr - Nutch ----- Original Message ---- > From: mark harwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: solr-dev@lucene.apache.org > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 8:24:40 AM > Subject: Idea: Add Documentum/Sharepoint/FileNet etc connectivity by > emulating a Google Search Appliance's feed interface > > Google open-sourced (Apache license) the framework it uses for getting > content > from a number of document repositories into a Google Search Appliance (their > hardware+software solution for enterprise search). > > My suggestion is that Solr could also make use of these connectors simply by > opening a port that honours the wire-protocol that is used to feed content > into > a Google Search Appliance (architecture overview is here: > http://tinyurl.com/4puke8 ). You can see how connectors push data in the > "sendData" method in "GsaFeedConnection" in the connector manager framework > (source here: http://tinyurl.com/49cehd ). > > Before a connector starts pushing content it needs to be configured and the > Google Search Appliance admin screens are used to set this up. The GSA > appliance > has some form of conversation with connectors to understand what properties > need > setting and to set them but this again could be added with Solr providing an > equivalent admin screen driven by the same information provided by connectors. > > The other form of conversation conducted is around authentication when query > results are about to be presented to users. > > > This isn't something I have any time to work on but it seems like an > interesting > project so I thought I'd mention it in case anyone here has the time or > interest > in pursuing it. > It would open Solr up to some new environments by making use of existing > connectors provided by some large commercial organisations. > > Cheers, > Mark
