How to allow CAN to OpenSearch an online collection using an RSS feed (2009)
Making an RSS feed that will hook into CAN is very easy provided a a search already working on the website. All that is necessary is duplication the page that performs the search but adjusting it so that rather than outputting the results wrapped in HTML it wraps them in XML.
It may be helpful to examine the XML of the feed that the powerhouse sends to CAN - this is visible here:
http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/opensearch/search.php?s=chair&start=1
Where "chair" is the search term and the "start =1" parameter is the page number (currently set to send 50 at a time). If this is done in Firefox and the source viewed, the kind of code expected at the CAN end can be seen.
Basically each "item" has a "title", a "description", a "link" and a unique "guid" (which are actually the same in the Powerhouse Museum's case) and then an "enclosure" tag is used to send a thumbnail link.
That's it - pretty easy. Most CAN Partners have been able to spend a few hours getting it going provided there is already a working search available online.
Email CAN if you need any more information at enquiries@collectionsaustralia.net
Enquiries
- Name:
- Geoff Barker
- Position:
- Online Producer
- Tel:
- +61 (2) 9217 0347
- Email:
- enquiries@collectionsaustralia.net
- Webpage:
- www.collectionsaustralia.net
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