From eef4423e7bc7cdb78697ac9f208058a128f05119 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Peterson Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:58:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Define relationship to software catalog and loose coupling by convention. --- docs/features/search/architecture.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/features/search/architecture.md b/docs/features/search/architecture.md index 3075719b9d..47126e8258 100644 --- a/docs/features/search/architecture.md +++ b/docs/features/search/architecture.md @@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ Backstage end-users. At a base-level, we want to support the following: - We aim to enable the capability to search across the entire Backstage - ecosystem by decoupling search from content management. + ecosystem including, but not limited to, entities in the software catalog. + Searchable content won't be required to relate directly to the software + catalog, but by convention, we may encourage loose relationships using + well-known field names or attributes. - We aim to enable the capability to deploy Backstage using any search engine, by providing an integration and translation layer between the core search plugin and search engine specific logic that can be extended for different