http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2005/04/07/the-failure-of-middleware-part-5-the-unintegrated-library-system-federated-search/ A librarian, writer and tech geek reflecting on the profession and the tools we use to serve our patrons Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:59:34 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2005/04/07/the-failure-of-middleware-part-5-the-unintegrated-library-system-federated-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1707 Roberta Woods Thu, 07 Apr 2005 21:03:55 +0000 /?p=199#comment-1707 The problem with federated searching is the paradigm. Simultaneous searching in real time is ludicrous. There is a better way, a proven way, and yes, federated searching as it is done now is not viable. The problem with federated searching is the paradigm. Simultaneous searching in real time is ludicrous. There is a better way, a proven way, and yes, federated searching as it is done now is not viable.

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