Search Descriptions

XML Structure

Each search description uses only standard OpenSearch 1.1 elements. The XML schema of a search description is available at http://www.opensearch.org/Specifications/OpenSearch/1.1.

Search Description URLs

Each search description is available at one of the following URLs:

The placeholder strings mean the following:

• <ROOT_URL> - the APS Catalog URL
• <APSver> - the APS version. Allowed values: 1, 2
• <VendorName> - the name of a specific vendor
• <AppName> - the name of a specific application
• <AppVer> - the version of a specific application

Common arguments

Search descriptions define arguments that can be added to a feed request.

The following table lists arguments that can be added to any feed request. For description of arguments that can be added only to requests of a specific feed, refer to corresponding subsections of this section.

* - This column defines comparison rules which APS Catalog uses to identify that there is a match between an argument value and entry data. In case of match, the entry is returned. The rules are as follows:

• Exact. The value of a specific entry element must be equal to an argument value.
• Substring. The value of a specific entry element must include an argument value.
• No. The argument is not compared with entry data.

Greater or equal. An entry must correspond to a package of a specified certification level and above.

Example

<ROOT_URL>/<APSver>/<VendorName>.atom?page=3