> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eliot Christian [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 9:54 AM
>
> In an application that searches multiple formats, there is no notion
> of a particular "complete record". Again, the concern here is using
> a named abstract concept for search and using that same name in the
> retrieved result. Such usage is valid for elements that typically map
> the same content in search and retrieval (e.g., "postalCode"), but it
> is a problem for common concepts like "title" that are may not be mapped
> to the same content in search as in retrieval.

Simplifying assumptions are typically made by implementors of metasearch
engines.  These assumptions often confuse the users.

Right now, SRW (and Z39.50) servers support the simplifying assumption that
complex title searching can be represented as DC.title searching.  If this
simplification is confusing, then we should simply stop doing it.

Ralph