Document Revision History

This table describes the changes to Spotlight Importer Programming Guide.

DateNotes
2013-08-08

Added link to Core Data Spotlight Integration Programming Guide.

2012-09-19

Updated information and edited document.

2011-09-21

Updated information and edited document.

2009-10-11

Updated location of lsregister.

2006-11-07

Added additional debugging information to the Troubleshooting article.

2006-04-04

Added discussion of the kMDItemTextContent attribute to "Assigning Values to Metadata Attributes." Clarified that the GetMetdataForFile example is Objective-C.

2006-03-08

Updated to reflect Spotlight compatibility with Rosetta.

2006-02-07

Added note about recompiling as a universal binary.

2005-09-08

Added new troubleshooting information about Spotlight importer bundle timestamps and document packaging UTI types.

2005-08-11

Added discussion about localizing attribute values. Added template for UTExportedDeclarations. Added note about Objective-C use in importers.

2005-07-07

Added additional Schema.xml attributes. Added Installer.app package post-install script information for standalone importers.

2005-04-29

Updated to reflect the current Xcode project template. Added troubleshooting information. Changed title from "Metadata Importers." First public version.

2004-06-29

Corrected reference to MetadataImporterPluginFactory in Writing a Spotlight Importer.

 

Added schema.xml template listing to Writing a Spotlight Importer.

2004-06-28

New document that describes the role of metadata importers and how to write them.