> -----Original Message-----
> From: Z39.50 Next-Generation Initiative [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
> On Behalf Of Dr Robert Sanderson
> 
> I disagree.  The amount of complexity in Z39.50 for searching 
> multiple databases at once was a serious impediment to 
> implementation, and the same will apply to SRW.

I absolutely agree!!

What sort of explain record are you going to generate for this ad hoc
amalgam database?  How are you going to explain that records from
database A are available as MARC and B's are available as DC?  It's a
messy crock and we shouldn't go there.

Ralph