Wouldn't this be better in ServerInfo than in DatabaseInfo?

Ralph

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> Dr Robert Sanderson
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> Subject: Re: Server Identification in the Explain Record
> 
> > should probably be mandatory.  There's no spot in the protocol for
that
> > sort of information, but could we put it in the Explain record?  If
so,
> > where.  I'd like separate Institution, Application and Version
fields,
> > if possible.  E.g. <ServerInfo><Institution>OCLC
> >
Research</Institution><Application>SRWServlet</Application><Version>1.3<
> > /Version></ServerInfo>
> 
> Already done :)
> 
> From the commentary on ZeeRex
>    (http://explain.z3950.org/dtd/commentary.html#3)
> 
> -----
> The implementation element contains information concerning the
underlying
> software. It has version and identifier attributes which may be used
to
> identify particular releases. It may contain one or more title
elements
> containing a human readable title to describe the server.
> -----
> 
> eg:
> 
> <databaseInfo>
>    ...
>    <implementation version="1.1"
identifier="http://srw.cheshire3.org/">
>      <title>Cheshire3 Information Retrieval Framework</title.
>    </implementation>
> </databaseInfo>
> 
> 
> Shouldn't the Institution be in the 'author' or 'contact' element of
> databaseInfo?
> 
> -----
> The author element should contain the name of the person or
organisation
> to be credited with the creation of the database. On the other hand,
the
> contact element is used to record information on a contact person for
the
> database. This should include at least a name and some form or
address,
> either electronic or postal.
> -----
> 
> Also, didn't we define an extension to allow the implementation to be
> returned in the protocol response when the BL brought it up?  If not,
we
> were going to, at least.
> 
> > It's just as important for clients to be able to identify
themselves.
> > I'd appreciate thoughts on how we might do that too.
> 
> An extension in extraRequestData?
> 
> Rob
> 
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