This allows browsers to automatically add search engines from visited websites.
Why
Some browsers, such as Safari, only support custom search engines from websites that implement OpenSearch.
In some browsers, the user experience of adding a custom search engine is improved for websites supporting OpenSearch: the user does not have to figure out the pattern of search URLs for that website, and there's no need for some third-party browser extension or search engine definition.
Implementation
This requires a link tag in the head element, and a XML file describing the search URL format.
This allows browsers to automatically add search engines from visited websites.
Why
Some browsers, such as Safari, only support custom search engines from websites that implement OpenSearch.
In some browsers, the user experience of adding a custom search engine is improved for websites supporting OpenSearch: the user does not have to figure out the pattern of search URLs for that website, and there's no need for some third-party browser extension or search engine definition.
Implementation
This requires a link tag in the head element, and a XML file describing the search URL format.
In GitHub, the element is:
And the XML file: