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searchConnectorDescription Element (Library Schema)

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The <searchConnectorDescription> element is the top level container element of a search connector definition. The <searchConnectorDescription> element is an extension of the <searchConnectorDescriptionType> element type associated with Windows Federated Search connectors; however, you cannot include search connectors for Windows Federated Search or protocol handlers in a library.

Syntax

<!-- searchConnectorDescription -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
   <xs:complexType name="searchConnectorDescriptionType">
      <xs:all>
         <xs:element name="isSearchOnlyItem" type="xs:boolean" default="false" minOccurs="0"/>
         <xs:element name="isDefaultSaveLocation" type="xs:boolean" minOccurs="0"/>
         <xs:element name="isDefaultNonOwnerSaveLocation" type="xs:boolean" minOccurs="0"/
         <xs:element name="description" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
         <xs:element name="iconReference" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
         <xs:element name="imageLink" minOccurs="0">
            <xs:complexType>
               <xs:sequence>
                  <xs:element name="url" type="xs:anyURI"/>
               </xs:sequence>
            </xs:complexType>
         </xs:element>
         <xs:element name="author" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
         <xs:element name="dateCreated" type="xs:dateTime" minOccurs="0"/>
         <xs:element name="templateInfo" minOccurs="0">
            <xs:complexType>
               <xs:all>
                  <xs:element name="folderType" minOccurs="0"/>
               </xs:all>
            </xs:complexType>
         </xs:element>
         <xs:element name="simpleLocation" type="shellLinkType" minOccurs="0"/>
         <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:complexType>
         </xs:element>
         <xs:element name="scope" minOccurs="0">
            <xs:complexType>
               <xs:sequence minOccurs="0">
                  <xs:element name="scopeItem" maxOccurs="unbounded">
                     <xs:complexType>
                        <xs:all>
                           <xs:element name="mode" default="Include">
                              <xs:simpleType>
                                 <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
                                    <xs:enumeration value="Include"/>
                                    <xs:enumeration value="Exclude"/>
                                 </xs:restriction>
                              </xs:simpleType>
                           </xs:element>
                           <xs:element name="depth" default="Shallow" minOccurs="0">
                              <xs:simpleType>
                                 <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
                                    <xs:enumeration value="Shallow"/>
                                    <xs:enumeration value="Deep"/>
                                 </xs:restriction>
                              </xs:simpleType>
                           </xs:element>
                           <xs:element name="url" type="xs:anyURI"/>
                        </xs:all>
                     </xs:complexType>
                  </xs:element>
               </xs:sequence>
            </xs:complexType>
         </xs:element>
         <xs:element name="propertyStore" type="propertyStoreType" minOccurs="0"/>
         <xs:element name="includeInStartMenuScope" type="xs:boolean" default="false" minOccurs="0"/>
         <xs:element name="domain" type="xs:string" minOccurs="0"/>
         <xs:element name="supportsAdvancedQuerySyntax" type="xs:boolean" default="false" minOccurs="0"/>
         <xs:element name="isIndexed" type="xs:boolean" minOccurs="0"/>
      </xs:all>
      <xs:attribute name="publisher" type="xs:string"/>
      <xs:attribute name="product" type="xs:string"/>
   </xs:complexType>
</xs:schema>

Element Information

Refer to the schema documentation in Windows Search

Parent Element Child Elements
searchConnectorDescriptionList Element (Library Schema) <isSearchOnlyI.tem>
<description>
<iconReference>
<imageLink>
<author>
<dateCreated>
<templateInfo>
<locationProvider>
<scope>
<propertyStore>
<domain>
<supportsAdvancedQuerySyntax>
<isDefaultSaveLocation>
<isDefaultNonOwnerSaveLocation>
<isIndexed>
<simpleLocation>
<includeInStartMenu>

 

Attributes

Attribute Description
publisher Optional. The display name of the publisher providing the search connector.
product Optional. The display name of the product to which the search connector applies.

 

Remarks

The <searchConnectorDescription> element of a library uses the same schema definition as the <searchConnectorDescription> for Windows Federated Search. Although they use the same schemas, search connectors for Windows Federated search cannot be included in a library.

Library Description Schema

Search Connector Description Schema