I'd prefer if it had its own parameter rather than piggybacking on top
of accept.

Accept was designed to allow for /any/ extra information to be returned,
but this is specifically requesting metadata about the record.

The only change I'd make would be to have the invocation:

x-info-1-recordMetadata[=schema]

And then allow for different metadata schema identifiers to be sent,
optionally, in the parameter.

Rob


On Wed, 2007-04-11 at 14:50 -0400, Ray Denenberg wrote:
> Ok, please critique:
> http://www.loc.gov/standards/sru/metadata.html
> 
> (Lot's of handwaving here though, for example, what namespace or schema to
> use for the metadata.  This assumes that the rec namespace is used.)
> 
> --Ray
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Taylor" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 10:53 AM
> Subject: Re: Record Metadata Schema (was Re: "collection" context set)
> 
> 
> > Ray Denenberg writes:
> >  > From: "Mike Taylor" <[log in to unmask]>
> >  > > Rob,
> >  > >
> >  > > It seems clear that what the world needs right now is not guidelines
> >  > > on how to make an extension that does this, but specifications for an
> >  > > actual extension that does what's needed.  Could you please rustle
> >  > > something up?  I'm sure it would only take you a few minutes, and it
> >  > > would (A) make Martin's life much easier; and (B) ensure that his
> >  > > implementation can interoperate with those that follow.  (I can
> easily
> >  > > imagine adding support for this to Zebra.)
> >  >
> >  > I think we pretty much have it.   Rob said what to do in the response.
> For
> >  > the request, an extension that will work exists:
> >  > http://www.loc.gov/standards/sru/accept.html
> >  >
> >  > The identifier is:   info:srw/1/accept-1.0
> >  >
> >  >  For SRU, use the parameter 'x-info-1-accept'
> ...&x-info-1-accept=metadata
> >
> > Sounds good.  So can we please have a single page explaining how to do
> > this?  If you'll make a first draft, I will be happy to critique it.
> > (e.g. "Hey!  This sucks!")
> >
> > :-)
> >
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