Manifold CF for Open Source SharePoint Search
January 6, 2011
Although we think Microsoft Fast is the cat’s pajamas for enterprise search, some Microsoft SharePoint admins may want have an interest in an open source alternative. Manifold CF (formerly known as Apache Connectors Framework) is undergoing incubation at Apache. If you’re not familiar with this project, it is explained as follows: “ManifoldCF is an effort to provide build and support an open source framework for connecting source content repositories like Microsoft SharePoint and EMC Documentum, to target repositories or indexes, such as Apache Solr.” One of our open source contacts reminded us that ManifoldCF was the Lucene Connectors Framework.
The ManifoldCF splash page says that the project is in incubation:
Incubation is required of all newly accepted projects until a further review indicates that the infrastructure, communications, and decision making process have stabilized in a manner consistent with other successful ASF projects. While incubation status is not necessarily a reflection of the completeness or stability of the code, it does indicate that the project has yet to be fully endorsed by the ASF.
The info page adds, “There are currently no released versions of ManifoldCF available, although one is planned However, a trunk svn checkout has been built and successfully hand-tested. Nightly builds and online javadoc will be coming shortly.” Worth watching.
Alice Wasielewski, January 6, 2011
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There’s also the Google Enterprise Connector framework:
http://code.google.com/p/google-enterprise-connector-sharepoint/
Apache licensed, so compatible with an open source engine – you don’t have to use it with the GSA. I also heard a rumour that another open source based enterprise search engine will shortly have a Sharepoint connector.