Throw out the indexes and we could just use PQN! Ralph > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Sanderson [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2002 8:51 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Betr.: Re: result set model for srw > > > > >bla.cgi?set1=bib1&index1=title&field1=war+and+peace&bool1=and&... > > As soon as queries get complicated you need postfix in your example. > > Apart from that the number of name/value pairs will tend to > get out of hand. > > In practice it is much simpler to work with a string. I > would stick with > > CQL. > > Fair enough. > > So the XML representation should be resolvable easily into > the equivalent > string, probably by just stripping out all of the tags, putting a dot > between set and index and quotes around the field. Then > SRW/SRU are still > compatable, but SRW implementers get the bonus of being able to use > existing XML tools to parse out the query. > > Rob > > -- > ,'/:. Rob Sanderson ([log in to unmask]) > ,'-/::::. http://www.o-r-g.org/~azaroth/ > ,'--/::(@)::. Special Collections and Archives, extension 3142 > ,'---/::::::::::. Twin Cathedrals: telnet: > liverpool.o-r-g.org 7777 > ____/:::::::::::::. WWW: > http://liverpool.o-r-g.org:8000/ > I L L U M I N A T I >