> -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Denenberg [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 10:22 AM > > We need to have a dc prefix, forthe 15 dc elements, with dc semantics. > > Whether or not we need in addition an un-prefixed list should > be argued > based on the above premise. What would it consist of? Obviously, it > wouldn't simply be the 15 dc elements with dc semantics > again. What then? > Would it be the 15 dc element names with semantics even more > ambiguous than > dc? What would be the point? I have no problem with a DC index set. I have little problem with the recommendation that all SRW servers support the DC index set. I guess I could even live with it being mandatory. (OAI mandates that all records be returnable in DC. So do we.) I will resist a move to make DC be the default Index Set when the user provides no prefix. But, I'm in a compromising mood. How about a new optional SRU parameter to specify the user's default IndexSet? Then the fixed part of the URL could say DefaultIndexSet=dc and the user could say title=dog. This parameter is not needed in SRW because the client software could stick the prefix on itself. Ralph