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Subject: Re: [search-ws] items and groups
On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 09:49 -0400, Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress wrote: > We are introducing "groups" into the abstract protocol. Currently we > have the abstract request parameters "startPosition" and > "maximumItems". A server might serve records by group and/or item, > so we want to introduce the request parameter "startGroup". Or > "group". startGroup > Question: if a client requests by group, say it asks for group 3, does > it also indicate a number of groups? No. It may not know the number of groups. The server may not accurately know the number of groups! > However according to my notes (and the minutes) the server response > should include "number of groups returned" - though I think that > should be number of groups" (not "returned", just the number created). Number of groups returned is surely 1. Number of groups created is what is important. > So we want to do one of the following: > > - if the client is allowed to request multiple groups: > -- add request parameter startGroup > -- add request parameter maximumGroups > -- add response parameter numberOfGroups (in either case) > > -If not > -- add request parameter group > -- add response parameter numberOfGroups Second. Rob
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