How can you search a sharepoint library using Windows 7 Search Federation?

Question

I'd like to create a custom search provider for a sharepoint document library on Windows 7

Answer 1

Have a look at Create a Windows 7 Federated Search provider for SharePoint by Ian Morrish. This describes the OSDX file you need to create.

Answer 2

In case the referenced blog post dissapears, the markup looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:ms-ose="http://schemas.microsoft.com/opensearchext/2009/">
<ShortName>WSSDemo Site</ShortName>
<Description>Search the Ian Morrish Sharepoint Demo site.</Description>
<Url type="application/rss+xml" template="http://www.wssdemo.com/search/_layouts/srchrss.aspx?k={searchTerms}&amp;start={startIndex}&amp;s=WSSDemo%20Content"/>
<Url type="text/html" template="http://www.wssdemo.com/search/Pages/Results.aspx?k={searchTerms}&amp;s=WSSDemo%20Content"/>
<!-- Win7 M3 syntax -->
<ms-ose:locationProperties>
<ms-ose:property name="TreatLinkAsEnclosure">-1</ms-ose:property>
</ms-ose:locationProperties>
<!-- Win7 Beta syntax -->
<ms-ose:ResultsProcessing format="application/rss+xml">
<ms-ose:LinkIsFilePath>-1</ms-ose:LinkIsFilePath>
</ms-ose:ResultsProcessing>
</OpenSearchDescription>