> -----Original Message-----
> From: SRU (Search and Retrieve Via URL) Implementors
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> On Behalf Of Mike Taylor
> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 12:50 PM
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> Maybe the pragmatic approach is to introduce a new boolean, "with",
> which is explicitly defined to nothing more or less than an
> abbreviation of prox/unit=element/distance=0. Then server
> implementors can tackle "with" free of Proximity Fear.
Please, God, let that be a joke!
I've seen this slippery slope gone down before in the 70's as Dialog and
ORBIT and BRS fought their prox wars, each trying to come up with the
cleverest name for a peculiar kind of proximity.
That slope is never-ending. Let's don't go there.
Ralph
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