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Subject: Re: [search-ws] recordPacking - A Proposal
Hi Ralph: Actually I don't know why we are making such heavy weather of this. This is not a mathematical exercise in identifying permutation groups. Just data exchange between consenting applications. I would suggest there is a logical unpacking for data properties, same as there is a logical way to go when you're submerged under water and busting for air. Data likewise would head homewards. And this is borne out by consumer apps (e.g. RSS readers, browsers, etc) that are likely to find known properties (mostly DC, I guess) at the item level rather than buried down in the architecture. And then you would argue why not make this the default version, and I would say because then we break symmetry with the canonical SRU/XML record. And because doing it my way XML formats can a) deliver the original XML data record (schema intact) as well as b) deliver a consumer app friendly version. Tony On 16/4/10 14:42, "LeVan,Ralph" <levan@oclc.org> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Hammond, Tony [mailto:t.hammond@nature.com] >> >> 2. A "recordPacking" parameter suggests a value set of "packed" > and >> "unpacked" (or alterantely boolean equivalents) > > Can you explain how it is that this is only a Boolean choice? It seems > to me that records can be unpacked in more than one way. > > Ralph > ******************************************************************************** DISCLAIMER: This e-mail is confidential and should not be used by anyone who is not the original intended recipient. If you have received this e-mail in error please inform the sender and delete it from your mailbox or any other storage mechanism. Neither Macmillan Publishers Limited nor any of its agents accept liability for any statements made which are clearly the sender's own and not expressly made on behalf of Macmillan Publishers Limited or one of its agents. Please note that neither Macmillan Publishers Limited nor any of its agents accept any responsibility for viruses that may be contained in this e-mail or its attachments and it is your responsibility to scan the e-mail and attachments (if any). No contracts may be concluded on behalf of Macmillan Publishers Limited or its agents by means of e-mail communication. Macmillan Publishers Limited Registered in England and Wales with registered number 785998 Registered Office Brunel Road, Houndmills, Basingstoke RG21 6XS ********************************************************************************
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