Editing Sherlock (software) (section)

== Data==
The Sherlock 2 search plug-in was an [[SGML]] document, and was typically given the ".src" [[file extension]].  The Sherlock plug-in was composed of three parts, identified by their element names: {{tag|search|o}}, {{tag|input|o}}, and {{tag|interpret|o}} tags.  These elements allowed Sherlock to (respectively) identify a search engine's [[web page]] and the parts that are relevant to searching, as well as returning the results of the search.  There was also a facility for defining how a Sherlock plug-in could update itself.

Sherlock search plug-ins could also be used (with minor modifications) in [[Mozilla]]'s browser suites.  These plug-ins were, appropriately enough, known as Mycroft project plug-ins (named after [[Mycroft Holmes]], Sherlock Holmes' older brother).  Among some of the changes made in the Sherlock file format were the separation of the automatic update element (which formed part of the {{tag|search|o}} element) and the icon (provided in a separate file in Mozilla and part of the [[resource fork]] in Sherlock).