Google Search Appliance Feeds Protocol Developers Guide - Manual (Page 3)

Google Search Appliance: Feeds Protocol Developer’s Guide 3
Contents
Feeds Protocol Developer’s Guide ................................................................................. 5
Overview 5
Why Use Feeds? 6
Impact of Feeds on Document Relevancy 6
Choosing a Feed Client 6
Quickstart 7
Designing an XML Feed 7
Choosing a Name for the Feed Data Source 8
Choosing the Feed Type 8
Defining the XML Record for a Document 9
Grouping Records Together 11
Providing Content in the Feed 11
Adding Metadata Information to a Record 12
Using the UTF-8 Encoding 13
Including Protected Documents in Search Results 13
Per-URL ACLs and ACL Inheritance 15
Feeding Groups to the Search Appliance 21
Feeding Content from a Database 27
Saving your XML Feed 27
Feed Limitations 27
Pushing a Feed to the Google Search Appliance 27
Designing a Feed Client 28
Using a Web Form Feed Client 28
How a Feed Client Pushes a Feed 29
Turning Feed Contents Into Search Results 30
URL Patterns 30
Trusted IP Lists 30
Adding Feed Content 30
Removing Feed Content From the Index 31
Time Required to Process a Feed 31
Feed Files Awaiting Processing 32
Changing the Display URL in Search Results 32
License Limits 32