Federated Search for Documentum

Question

Hi. Has anybody implemented a federated search for Documentum? I think Documentum uses Verity internally for full text indexing, but Verity is tightly integrated with Documentum's own metadata search - does Documentum expose the search functionality as a web service - is there any customization required on this web service (meaning, is it already a SOAP web service that Plumtree understands readily or do we have to write any custom code). Any inputs on implementing federated search for remote search repositories such as Verity, FAST, Autonomy would be helpful?

Answer 1

Hi Bbelko, as Raji mentioned,
Lync Desktop Client cannot search any external source outside your organization.
Nevertheless, Lync Full Client can search against your local Outlook contact lists (only your personal contact and linked contact lists like LinkedIn or Facebook). Additionally, Lync is generating its own Address Book (ABS) which it can search against. You
can modify in Lync how the service should generate the address book, based on the GAL. GAL here does NOT mean the Exchange GAL, instead it is the Active Directory. It only queries information based on Exchange attributes.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg429711.aspx
How this helps understanding how the service is working via the User Replicator.
Federated contacts can be therefor also only maintained in AD.
Thomas
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