On the SRW/U spec .....  the Ed. Board, recognizing that the spec needs an
overhaul, has been working on a complete re-design and it should be ready
for a first look in a week or so....

--Ray

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Lease Morgan" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: SRW/U vs OpenSearch blog


> On Sep 12, 2005, at 9:56 AM, Robert Sanderson wrote:
>
> > http://curtis.med.yale.edu/dchud/log/project/linkstack/more-unalog-
> > search-with-opensearch-and-content-indexing
>
> The three bullet points at the bottom of the blog summarize the
> author's experience:
>
>    * The mess that is the SRW/U specs slows adoption
>    * The lack of an OAI-PMH-esque testing tool makes "compliance"
>      difficult to test
>    * The absence of a public-facing a9-style SRW/U clearinghouse
>      limits its potential impact significantly
>
> These points echo tasks the group articulated as "next steps" in
> regards to adoption. See:
>
>    http://www.loc.gov/z3950/agency/zing/forum-june05-output/steps.html
>
> (I personally desire a conformance tester a la the OAI Repository
> Explorer.)
>
> -- 
> Eric Morgan
> University Libraries of Notre Dame