At 11:34 AM 6/16/2005, Mike Taylor wrote:
>[...]
>The obvious way to do this would be to allow the "database name" part
>of the base-URL to be a separated list of database names rather than
>just a single name.  So:
>
>         http://z3950.loc.gov:7090/voyager+oldrecords+mydb?version=1.1&
> operation=searchRetrieve&query=dinosaur

I'm afraid of this because I don't understand the implications. I do
recall being nervous about URL stuff after reading the URL RFC over
a year ago (see ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3875.txt )

FWIW, here are some "database names from Hell", selected from the
registry of Z39.50 servers (yes, each "dbname" has multiple words)

Robert Cliche (http://registry.gsdi.org/viewrecord.php?rec=687)
SCI Program Metadata (http://registry.gsdi.org/viewrecord.php?rec=674)
Bowen Island (http://registry.gsdi.org/viewrecord.php?rec=684)
NATIONAL WETLANDS INVENTORY (http://registry.gsdi.org/viewrecord.php?rec=12)
RADARSAT DATA OVER CANADA (http://registry.gsdi.org/viewrecord.php?rec=739)
SPOT HIGH RESOLUTION VISIBLE IMAGERY - CANADA
(http://registry.gsdi.org/viewrecord.php?rec=717)
LANDSAT MSS SCENES COLLECTED BY CCRS
(http://registry.gsdi.org/viewrecord.php?rec=690)