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In response to the former question - at present ZNG supports both forms but which form a particular implementation supports is left to that implementor. I don't think we've discussed in detail conformance levels. I *do* want to keep the SOAP requests in the spec. as I do see a need for them if we expand ZNG to cope with non-textual queries (which is an area I'm particularly active in) or complex queries (as it is recommended that a URL not exceed 256 characters, although in our context I think that this is not a major issue). As regards returning the response as a SOAP request - I personally think it less complex if the response format is the same regardless of the request format. In any case the only overhead here is to add the lines <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:zng="urn:z3950:zng_prototype1" xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"> <SOAP-ENV:Body> to the beginning of the response and </SOAP-ENV:Body> </SOAP-ENV:Envelope> to the end. Which I don't see as a big hurdle! Matthew > -----Original Message----- > From: Theo van Veen [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 31 October 2001 09:35 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Betr.: FW: Re: are there already zng-targets > > We have an ZNG-server without SOAP running in a very short time. It was > also no problem to write an in a very short time a HTML-page serving as a > ZNG-gateway. The root element of our response is searchRetrieveResponse. > The use of SOAP makes things more complex and it will certainly result in > a higher implementation barrier. Maybe it is a stupid question but I am > wondering now what is the added value of SOAP in this standard. I know it > makes sense in case on none-ascii input. > Secondly to keep the implementation barrier low, isn't it a good idea to > respond only with a SOAP envelop if the request was also embedded in SOAP? > > The power of simplicity can be of great value to spread the use if ZNG. > > Theo > > > >>> [log in to unmask] 30-10-01 21:54 >>> > FYI - this is still flakey in places and only handles the URL form at > present. Currently returns records in Yanks (Redsox ot whatever) > > Matthew > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Antony Corfield > > Sent: 30 October 2001 17:05 > > > > > > Our ZNGServlet can be found at the address below, using the type of > query > > shown. Attribute mapping can be specified as bib1.author or > openURL.author > > etc. Default is bib1. > > > > > http://jafer1.las.ox.ac.uk:8080/jaferWeb/ZNG?query=author+%3D+smith+AND+ > ti > > tle+%3D+fish&startRecord=1&maxRecords=10 > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Antony Corfield Java Developer JAFER Project > > > > mailto[[log in to unmask]] Libraries Automation > Service > > tel: +44 (01865) 284454 99 Banbury Rd > > fax: +44 (01865) 278275 Oxford OX2 6JX > > ______________________________________________________________________