CATS Connector Web Service v1.0



A Connector service accepts a query and returns a list of matching items. Note that the data from an individual item may require more than a single file. All queries are expressed as CQL (Common Query Language).

The CATS project model assumes that a Connector service will process the supplied query by using it to extract matches from an Item Bank. Depending on the nature of the Item Bank, the query may need to be translated by the Connector before it can be processed by the Item Bank. Similarly the results from the Item Bank are likely to be translated into the CATS return format.

The current CATS implementation of a Connector Service is modification of the existing D+ project which allows for a connection to a SPAID Item Bank. However, the D+ project supports searching of several formats of data – any of these can be searched via the Connector. Note that the Connector interface can be used to write a service that could process queries against any information store, eg a relational database, a file structure or another web service.

Download site: http://catsproject.cvs.sourceforge.net/catsproject/CATS/ConnectorService/

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This piece of software part of the following systems:
 * part of::CATS System

This piece of software belongs to the following organisations:
 * belongs to::CATS

This piece of software uses the following standards:
 * uses::WSDL v1.1

This piece of software provides the following service descriptions:
 * provides::Identify matching items from one item bank