> <dcxyz
>   xmlns="info:xxx/yyy" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema- 
> instance"
> xsi:schemaLocation="info:xxx/yyy
> http://www.loc.gov/standards/sru/resources/dcxyz.xsd"
> xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
> xmlns:prism="http://prismstandard.org/namespaces/1.2/basic/"
> xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
>
> <dcElements>
>       <dc:contributor>Cat's Cradle</dcElements>
>
> <otherElements>
>     <mods:genre xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3
> mods-3-3.xsd">science fiction</mods:genre>
>     <prism:startingPage>145</prism:startingPage>
>     <prism:endingPage>160</prism:endingPage>
> </otherElements>
>
> </dcxyz>



At first glance, this seems very interesting to me. I would allow me  
to mix and match schemas into a single response. Sometimes DC is too  
simple. Sometimes something else is too complicated.

On the other hand, if such a thing were to be implemented, then how  
easy would it be to automatically read such SRU responses? It looks  
as if a human would have to read sample responses, then write their  
transformation stylesheets, and then put their search results into  
production.

-- 
Eric Lease Morgan
University Libraries of Notre Dame