> Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 09:24:59 -0400
> From: Eliot Christian <[log in to unmask]>
>
>>> My immediate thought is to use a metasearch example, simply
>>> because metasearching by definition has to interface with multiple
>>> search service instances.
>>
>> How are you going to do the "without a standard" version??
>
> Run the equivalent searches sequentially (e.g., Google search Web
> pages, LOC search of catalog records, ...) using their separate user
> interfaces. The final step in this version is then to do an
> "integrate-by-hand" of the results sets.

Neat!  :-)

I truly can't imagine a more compelling example of the value of
standards.  I think your approach is a winner.  I'm sure you'll let us
all know how it goes.

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