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Subject: Mike Taylor message (2)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Taylor" <mike@INDEXDATA.COM>
To: <ZNG@LISTSERV.LOC.GOV>
Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2008 7:26 AM
Subject: Description Language: Invitation to participate in OASIS SWS TC
Development
> How would this be different from ZeeRex or the existing OpenSearch
> description files? Again, I am struggling to see what problem this is
> trying to solve.
>
> _/|_ ___________________________________________________________________
> /o ) \/ Mike Taylor <mike@indexdata.com>
http://www.miketaylor.org.uk
> )_v__/\ "Covenant strode pustulatingly across the gibbous room, the
> preternatural sun playing lambently across his gloaming features"
> -- Steven Donaldson, "Lord Lambent's Bane"
>
>
>
> Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress writes:
> > In conjunction with the invitation (see recent related message) to
participate in the development of SRU/CQL 2.0, the OASIS Search Web Services
Technical Committee also invites participation in the development of the
SWS Description Language.
> >
> > The Description Language will be used to write description files
describing an SWS binding: capabilities and general characteristic of a
search engine and how it may be accessed.
> >
> > For example consider the hypothetical description file below, including
a general description (<databaseInfo>), a request formulation element
(<requestInfo>), and a response interpretation element (<responseInfo>).
> >
> > <sws>
> > <!-- -->
> > <databaseInfo>
> > <name>Science Fiction Database</name>
> > <shortName>SciFi</shortName>
> > <contact>
> > <name>Ralph LeVan</name>
> > <email>levan@oclc.org</email>
> > </contact>
> > </databaseInfo>
> > <!-- -->
> > <requestInfo>
> > <template>
> > http://orlabs.oclc.org/SRW/search/scifi
> > ?query=cql.any+%3D+%22{query}%22&version=1.1
> > &operation=searchRetrieve&maximumRecords={maximumItems}
> > &startRecord={startPosition}
> > </template>
> > <example>
> > http://orlabs.oclc.org/SRW/search/scifi
> > ?query=cql.any+%3D+%22ninja+turtles%22&version=1.1
> > &operation=searchRetrieve&maximumRecords=10&startRecord=1
> > </example>
> > </requestInfo>
> > <!-- -->
> > <responseInfo type='xml' xmlns:srw='http://www.loc.gov/zing/srw/'>
> > <numberOfItems>
> > <tagpath>/srw:searchRetrieveResponse/numberOfRecords</tagpath>
> > </numberOfItems>
> > <item>
> > <tagpath>
> >
/srw:searchRetrieveResponse/srw:records/srw:record/srw:recordData
> > </tagpath>
> > </item>
> > <diagnostics>
> > <tagpath>/srw:searchRetrieveResponse/srw:diagnostics</tagpath>
> > </diagnostics>
> > </responseInfo>
> > </sws>
> >
> > ****************
> >
> > We invite SRU implementors to join the effort to develop this
description language.
> >
> > Ashley Sanders will be the lead Technical Committee member for this
activity. Additional TC members who will participate actively in this
activity are Ralph LeVan, Larry Dixson, Rob Sanderson, and Janifer Gatenby.
> >
> > --Ray Denenberg
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
> > <HTML><HEAD>
> > <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
> > <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1613" name=GENERATOR>
> > <STYLE></STYLE>
> > </HEAD>
> > <BODY><FONT face=Arial size=2>In conjunction with the invitation (see
recent
> > related message</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>) </FONT><FONT face=Arial
> > size=2>to participate in the development of SRU/CQL 2.0, the OASIS
Search Web
> > Services Technical Committee also invites participation in the
development
> > of the SWS Description Language.<BR><BR>The Description Language will
be used to
> > write description files describing an SWS binding: capabilities and
general
> > characteristic of a search engine and how it may be accessed.
<BR><BR>For
> > example consider the hypothetical description file below,
including a
> > general description (<databaseInfo>), a request formulation
element
> > (<requestInfo>), and a response interpretation element
> >
(<responseInfo>).<BR><BR><sws><BR><!-- --><BR>
> > <databaseInfo><BR>
<name>Science
> > Fiction Database</name><BR>
> >
<shortName>SciFi</shortName><BR> &n
bsp;
> >
<contact><BR> &nb
sp;
> > <name>Ralph
> >
LeVan</name><BR>
> >
<email>levan@oclc.org</email><BR>
> > </contact><BR> </databaseInfo><BR><!--
> > --><BR> <requestInfo><BR>
> >
<template><BR> &n
bsp;
> > </FONT><A href="http://orlabs.oclc.org/SRW/search/scifi";><FONT
face=Arial
> > size=2>http://orlabs.oclc.org/SRW/search/scifi</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Arial
> > size=2>
> >
?query=cql.any+%3D+%22{query}%22&version=1.1<BR>
> >
&operation=searchRetrieve&maximumRecords={maximumItems}<BR> &nb
sp;
> > &startRecord={startPosition}<BR>
> > </template><BR>
> >
<example><BR> &nb
sp;
> > </FONT><A href="http://orlabs.oclc.org/SRW/search/scifi";><FONT
face=Arial
> > size=2>http://orlabs.oclc.org/SRW/search/scifi</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Arial
> > size=2>
> >
?query=cql.any+%3D+%22ninja+turtles%22&version=1.1<BR>
> >
&operation=searchRetrieve&maximumRecords=10&startRecord=1<BR>&nb
sp;
> > </example><BR> </requestInfo><BR><!--
> > --><BR> <responseInfo type='xml'
> >
xmlns:srw='http://www.loc.gov/zing/srw/'><BR>
> >
<numberOfItems><BR>
> >
<tagpath>/srw:searchRetrieveResponse/numberOfRecords</tagpath><B
R>
> > </numberOfItems><BR>
> > <item><BR>
> > <tagpath><BR>
> >
/srw:searchRetrieveResponse/srw:records/srw:record/srw:recordData<BR> &
nbsp;
> > </tagpath><BR>
</item><BR>
> > <diagnostics><BR>
> >
<tagpath>/srw:searchRetrieveResponse/srw:diagnostics</tagpath><B
R>
> > </diagnostics><BR>
</responseInfo><BR>
> > </sws><BR><BR>****************<BR><BR>We invite SRU implementors
to join
> > the effort to develop this description language.
> > <DIV> </DIV>
> > <DIV>Ashley Sanders will be the lead Technical Committee member for
> > this activity. Additional TC members who will participate
actively in
> > this activity are Ralph LeVan, Larry Dixson, Rob Sanderson, and Janifer
> > Gatenby.</DIV>
> > <DIV> </DIV>
> > <DIV>--Ray Denenberg<BR><BR><BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
> > <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>
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