> I'd weaken the suggestion about using "Word" in the index name to be a good > practice, but definitely not a requirement. User interfaces will pick names > that are useful to their audiences. Interface designers should have access > to the Structure attributes to determine if structure is Word or String. I just don't want to lose the 'free' interoperability that we have with Z39.50. If someone defines a dc.titleWord index, but it contains the titles of MS Word files rather than title keywords I can see a lot of clients going ballistic as they won't verify the namespace for dc etc. > By the way, what are we going to do about getting a String structure > attribute? And an Adjacency Word List. Isn't string assumed for indexes not with 'Word' on the end of their name? And adjacency word list is proximity? 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