Re: browsing vs. searching and access rights

[Duane Nickull <duane@xmlglobal.com>]

This should also be applicable to any XML meta data registry including
an OASIS model.

Cheers

D-

Lisa Carnahan wrote:
> 
> Hi Duane,
> 
> Just a point of clarification regarding your phrase within an ebXML
> compliant Registry/ Repository. This discussion is in terms of the
> OASIS specification and not the ebXML specification.  However I do
> realize its relevance to ebXML as well.
> 
> --lisa
> 
> At 11:35 AM 10/31/00 -0800, Duane Nickull wrote:
> 
> > Megan:
> >
> > Your definitions of browsing and searching are quite correct.  The
> > onus
> > will be on RegRep to provide the latter as the approach for locating
> > information within an ebXML compliant Registry/ Repository becuase
> > browsing cannot be accurately done automatically by an application.
> > Searching in a contextual manner is the only acceptable access
> > method
> > for an application. IN other words,  you cannot just say find me
> > "foo"
> > becuase "foo" may appear in one or more contexts within the registry
> > index.  It wouldhave to be "foo" within the context of "GUID".
> >
> > For a human search interface, the browsing is very useful because it
> > allows a classification scheme to be used to guide the user to the
> > correct information.
> >
> > Duane Nickull
> > XML Global