> Well, if you want to exclude web-browsers then you probably want to
> implement SRW rather than SRU (a server can support either or both of
> these protocols, there is no interdependency). An SRW *may* return the
> echoedSearchRetrieveRequest but there is no requirement to do so (and
> XCQL is only mandatory within the echoedSearchRetrieveRequest). Ditto
> for echoedScanRequest
>
> Technically the echoedSearchRetrieveRequest is only "recommended" in SRU
> rather than mandated - personally I think this should be strengthened -
> so you could do an SRU without echoing the requests. You are however
> cutting out the precisely the clients for which SRU was specifically
> designed!
It's not that *I* do not want to implement it, I will since it is
important for us to allow thin clients. I'm just expressing my views on
CQL. The same goes for the other things I'm whining about ... :)

I got the impression that XCQL was mandated, not just recommended, my
mistake.

/M