🆚 OpenSearch vs. XML

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Standard
Standard

About

OpenSearch is a specification that describes a website's search engine, enabling browsers, apps, and services to discover and integrate it.

It is implemented as a linked XML file and was originally developed by Amazon to make it easier for other applications to integrate their search services.

Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing arbitrary data.

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington, United States
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Website

Categories

Standards › Rank #19
Standards › Rank #28

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

OpenSearch is 3 times more popular than XML.
Total websites

Market share

Standards

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

OpenSearch is more popular in the United States, Germany, and Russia, while XML is more popular in Japan, Korea, and San Marino.
United States
Germany
Japan
Russia
United Kingdom
France
Italy
Spain
Ukraine
Netherlands

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

OpenSearch is more popular than XML in all market segments.
Business
Blogs/Wiki
Education/Reference
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Entertainment
Public Information
Internet Services
General News
Travel

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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#12
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#1,010
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