Exactly! I think it is a great mix. As it happens, the database I am
providing SRW/SRU access to is also our OAI database.

Ralph

-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Kent [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 10:25 PM
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Subject: Re: LC's planned SRW/U Implementation


On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 09:48:06PM -0500, LeVan,Ralph wrote:
> I've seen SRW as an obvious part of OAI from the beginning. The existing
> OAI standard addresses aggregating databases into larger collections. But
> what to you do with the larger aggregated databases? SRW is clearly the
> answer.
>
> Ralph

So you see SRW as a query mechanism against the aggregated database,
not an alternative to OAI to form the aggregated database? (That is
what I was thinking of too.)

So use OAI for data aggregation, and SRW for distributed searching.
An implementation can choose how to mix the two protocols to build
an overall system.

Alan