> Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 17:04:13 +0100
> From: Dr Robert Sanderson <[log in to unmask]>
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> 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.
What extra complexity? Extend the database-name syntax to allow
lists, add a what-database-the-record-is-from element to the result
record, bam, you're done.
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