No, I'm not talking about parameters before the "?". I'm talking about the possibility that the base-url contains parameters, but after "?". For example a base-url like: http://myserver.com/my-cgi/mysrw.pl?database=abc& The client can stick the request after the base-url without having to know that "database=abc" is a parameter. This implies that the "?" is part of the base-url and should not be added again. Theo >>> [log in to unmask] 12/22 11:19 >>> LeVan,Ralph wrote: >Has anyone noticed that Theo is talking about parameters before the '?' and >Eliot is talking about them after the '?'. > >I don't think you get to stick parameters in front of the '?'. > > Yep. We want parameters after ?. Just like forms/CGI has worked for the last 10 years. -- Adam >Ralph > >-----Original Message----- >From: Theo van Veen [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 9:56 AM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: SRU examples > > >This is OK. It is not the intention to have official SRU parameters to >preceed "?". It is >just that it should be possible to have parameters being part of the >base-url without the >client being aware of that parameters and in such a case the base-url may >end with >"&" rather than "?". An SRU request is in my opion baseurl + request. The >base-url is >a given thing and the request is build by the client. The operation is part >of the SRU >request and therefore a client has to be aware that parameter. > >Theo > > >On 22 Dec 2003 at 14:48, Janifer Gatenby wrote: > > > >>Here is a new version of SRU examples taking into account comments by >> >> >Ralph > > >>and Matthew on 19th December. Currently the "?" precedes operation in the >>URL. I realise that this may in fact change again following Eliot's and >>Theo's comments. Regardless of where it is finally put, we should add some >>explanatory text in the SRU URL access mechanism document. >> >>Janifer >> >> >> >> >> > > >