> Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 08:51:14 -0500
> From: "LeVan,Ralph" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> I've actually gotten around to reading this stuff. Here are some
> comments on the home page.
Good comments. A few meta-comments --
> > Result Set Named by Server
> > [...]
> > The server may include a result set idle
> > time value indicating a projected (not guaranteed) length of
> > time that the result set will remain available if it is not
> > referenced.
Result-set TTL is now specified by the client, so this prose needs
reworking.
> I think the example is wrong. The index would just be "title" and
> you would do either a string search or a keyword search depending on
> the relation. So, "title exact dog" would do a phrase search and
> "title=dog" would do a keyword search. You would definitely not
> define two different access points.
Yes. I think this is a case of the specification having overtaken the
overview document.
> Forget the static nature (which isn't really true) and the whole
> reference to Z39.50 databases. It isn't helpful or even very
> interesting.
... or indeed true, since ZeeRex records can indeed be stored, and
searched for, in Z39.50 databases. See
http://explain.z3950.org/overview/index.html#4
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