> The point wasn't that you can't (or should be prevented) from doing such > workarounds; however, the fact that it is a workaround/abuse illustrates > that we aren't really recreating the notion of attribute vectors. Yes :) In the end, any user extensable part of a system can be used well or used poorly. In my opinion the below is a very poor use of relation modifiers. So /we/ are not recreating the notion of attribute combinations, but someone might do it (poorly). That said, I don't really think that it's either here or there when it comes to the proposal. We can't expect communities to come to us to extend CQL. If they do come to us, so much the better. If we understand what they're talking about, better still. But if they can just get on and use SRW/CQL without any political faffing around, then I expect the uptake will be MUCH higher. Rob > > You could (I'm definitely not saying should!) do: > > dc.title =/3.1/4.1/5.100/6.3 "fish" -- ,'/:. Dr Robert Sanderson ([log in to unmask]) ,'-/::::. http://www.o-r-g.org/~azaroth/ ,'--/::(@)::. Special Collections and Archives, extension 3142 ,'---/::::::::::. Nebmedes: telnet: nebmedes.o-r-g.org 7777 ____/:::::::::::::. WWW: http://nebmedes.o-r-g.org:8000/ I L L U M I N A T I