On Thu, 25 Mar 2004, Marc Cromme wrote:
> LeVan,Ralph wrote:

> >Braindead clients forget things, like the explain response that they just
> >had in their hands.  The response to a search does not contain the name of
> >But, if the base URL had been returned, the braindead client could have
> >asked for the Explain record again and incorporated that data into the

> Sorry to blend into an ongoing discussion, buuut I do not think that a
> standard should aim at beeing good for brain-dead clients. I feel, it

Thankfully, now we have the extension mechanism to test things like this
out in practice before they make it into the protocol proper.

Rob

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