Using the Atom Output Format

The XML Namespace URI for the XML data formats described in this specification is:

http://schemas.exalead.com/access/1.0

Note that this namespace is subject to change in the MashupFeed 1.1 version to:

http://schemas.exalead.com/mashupfeed/1.1

All the examples below will assume that the namespace is used as the "exa" prefix.

In the MashupFeed Schema, nested data feeds described with the <link> element with an "application/access+xml" type may be embedded right into the <link> element content.

<link type="application/access+xml" rel="bi" href="http://host:9510/access/feeds/
search/cT0lMjNhbGw/bi">
<feed>
<id>bi</id>
<generator>com.exalead.access.basefeeds.BusinessItemFeed</generator>
<entry>
...
</entry>
</feed>
</link>

In the MashupFeed schema, an entry has the following properties:

• one id which is optional (required by the standard specification)

• a title which is optional (required by the standard specification)

• many exa:meta which are optional

  <entry>
    <id>MDA1QTAwMDAwMDBRakRwSUFL</id>
    <link rel="self" type="application/access+xml" href="http://localhost:9510/access/feeds/search/
  cT0lMjNhbGw/bi/MDA1QTAwMDAwMDBRakRwSUFL"/>
    <exa:meta name="id" displayName="id">005A0000000QjDpIAK</exa:meta>
    <exa:meta name="username" displayName="username">doe@mycompany.com</exa:meta>
    <exa:meta name="email" displayName="email">john.doer@mycompany.com</exa:meta>
    <exa:meta name="name" displayName="name">John Doe</exa:meta>
  </entry> 

The MashupFeed meta element describes a single information element as represented in the EXALEAD index. Its location is Standard <entry> element. The meta element syntax is defined by:

• a required name attribute describing the meta name (string)

• a value in the content part of the tag (string, may be empty)

• an optional displayName attribute for internationalized / nicely formatted names

  <exa:meta name="firstname">John</exa:meta>
  <exa:meta name="lastname" displayName="family name">Doe</exa:meta>

The feed element may contain many facet elements that describe the different axes available for faceted search. Its location is Standard <feed> element.

The facet element describes the root of a faceted search axe and can contain several category elements.

Its location is Standard <facets> element.The facet element syntax is defined by:

• a required name attribute for the facet full name (string)

• a required description attribute for the facet display name (string)

• many category elements which are optional

  <exa:facet name="Top/user/name" description="user name">
    <exa:category path="Top/user/name/john doe" description="John Doe" count="1" state="DISPLAYED"/>
  </exa:facet>

The category element is a leaf of the facet tree. It may contain many category elements that are sub categories of the current category.

Its location is Standard <facet> element. The category element syntax is defined by:

• a required path attribute: category full path in the facet tree (string)

• a required description attribute: category display name (string)

• a required count attribute: number of hits of this category for the given query (long)

• a required state attribute: state of the category (enum: DISPLAYED|EXCLUDED|REFINED)

• optionally many category sub-elements

  <exa:category path="Top/case/type/electrical" description="Electrical" count="9" state="DISPLAYED"/>