> >B) Why not just use the existing mechanism of CQL?
> >...&query=identifier%="foo1"
> This could also be an option, although I personally prefer to
> distinghuish between processing SRU/SRW parameters (as part of the
> SRU-protocol) and processing the contents of the metadata record (as
> part of the actual applications). This is also the reason why I never
> like resultsetid to be part of the query instead of being a separate
> parameter.

5 minutes ago you were arguing in favour of having the metadata be part of
the record. But you don't want to use normal CQL to search it and would
rather process metadata separately?  Doesn't this strike you as odd?

> >> valuable. The concept of DCX is explained below and I will submit a
> >> proposal to the DCMI to adopt this concept. I would like to propose
> >Changing the requirement to support DCX over DC is a little too far
> >though, as it could require a LOT of work on the client side to
> > handle
> I would expect the opposite, because you only have to neglect terms you
> do not know. When using stylesheets you do not have to do anything to
> neglect the terms you do not know.

Err, there are 15 fields in DC that have no nesting. There are potentially
infinite nested fields in DCX.

What happens if you're /not using stylesheets/?  Last time I looked at the
specs, it didn't say 'You must implement this using XSL' which is
effectively what you're saying by making DCX mandatory. Which cuts out any
environment that doesn't have an XSLT engine.  I'm not prepared to do
that.

> >sensibly.  DC as mandatory is there to enable a minimum standard, not
> >necessarily one that can be used for all purposes.
> In this respect DC and DCX do not differ.

Yes they do.  DCX could not be described as 'minimum'.
If the DCMI agree to support it, then I will too, but not as mandatory.

Rob

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