locationProvider Element (Search Connector Schema)
The optional <locationProvider> element specifies the search provider to be used by the web service provider search connector. This element contains one mandatory attribute and an optional child element.
Syntax
<!-- locationProvider -->
<xs:complexType name="searchConnectorDescriptionType">
<xs:all>
...
<xs:element name="locationProvider" minOccurs="0">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:all>
<xs:element name="propertyBag" type="propertyStoreType" minOccurs="0"/>
</xs:all>
<xs:attribute name="clsid" use="required"/>
<xs:attribute name="codebase" type="xs:string"/>
</xs:element>
...
</xs:all>
<xs:attribute name="publisher" type="xs:string"/>
<xs:attribute name="product" type="xs:string"/>
</xs:complexType>
Element Information
Parent Element | Child Elements |
---|---|
searchConnectorDescriptionType Element (Search Connector Schema) | propertyBag Element (Search Connector Schema) |
Attributes
Attribute | Description |
---|---|
@clsid | Required. The class identifier (CLSID) of the search provider. |
codebase | Optional. |
Remarks
The @clsid attribute value for the OpenSearch provider is {48E277F6-4E74-4cd6-BA6F-FA4F42898223}.
File system and protocol handler based search connectors can use the <simpleLocation> element instead. If <locationProvider> is present, there MUST NOT be a <simpleLocation> element in the Search Connector description.
Example of a locationProvider Element
<locationProvider clsid="{48E277F6-4E74-4cd6-BA6F-FA4F42898223}">
<propertyBag>
<property name="OpenSearchShortName">MSDN</property>
<property name="OpenSearchQueryTemplate">https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Search/Feed.aspx?locale=en-US&Query={searchTerms}&format=RSS&StartIndex={startIndex}</property>
<property name="MaximumResultCount" type="uint32">100</property>
</propertyBag>
</locationProvider>