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Subject: RE: [search-ws] recordPacking (Reprise)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hammond, Tony [mailto:t.hammond@nature.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 11:40 AM
> 
> I am suggesting that there is a standard response per media type which
> corresponds as closely as possible to the canonical SRU/XML response.
That
> seems to me to be a good thing. Certainly helps users understand the
> relationship of the SRU response mapping across different formats.
> 
> I am suggesting further that clients might be given a helping hand by
> preparing the data so its ready for them on the plate.

And I'm saying that in my experience, there is never just one way to do
that.  Eventually, someone will want a second way to unpack the data.
The mechanism you have proposed is not generalizable to more than one
unpacking.

Ralph



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