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Dr Robert Sanderson wrote: > Folks, > > If there was a URL version of the Update operation, would that be > desirable, or just an XML over HTTP version (as opposed to SOAP) I am getting confused about the objectives of SRW/SRU. I thought it was meant as a lightweight web-service based alternative to Z39.50, something that should be easy to implement for both servers and clients. Now it seems that a new objective creeps in, about administration, maintaining, updating and deletion of databases and their content. I belive it is better to keep the SRW standard slim and clean, and wait for the IT industry to pick it up as it is. If a need for DB maintanance arises in practice in future, the SRW standard can pick it up then. Maybe this proposal is just a little ahead of time ?? Marc -- Marc Cromme, cand. polyt, Ph.D Senior Developer, Project Manager Index Data Aps Købmagergade 43, 2 1150 Copenhagen K. Denmark tel: +45 3341 1000 fax: +45 3341 0101 http://www.indexdata.com INDEX DATA Means Business for Open Source and Open Standards