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> Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 11:54:09 -0500 > From: Will Sexton <[log in to unmask]> > > SRW/U specifies an optional 'numberOfRecords' sub-parameter in the > response for a scan operation. I'm wondering how best to aggregate > the 'numberOfRecords' data according to different fields. For > example, if a search index contains records from multiple > collections, you might want to break down the number of records from > each collection. Or, by a particular metadata field, such as > dc.type. > > I can't find anything built into the specification that explicitly > allows this kind of kind of aggregation. Is it something one would > do with an 'extraTermData' extension, similar to the 'requestedTerm' > example? Yes, precisely. > Any advice is appreciated, including thoughts on the general > question of the advisability of hacking on the SRW/U spec to meet > local needs. Depends what you mean by "hacking on" the spec. You absolutely shouldn't _change_ anything in the spec for your local implementation; but it's totally reasonable to _add_ extensions within the extension framework. Positively encouraged, even. _/|_ ___________________________________________________________________ /o ) \/ Mike Taylor <[log in to unmask]> http://www.miketaylor.org.uk )_v__/\ "The cladistic defintion of Aves is: an unimportant offshoot of the much cooler dinosaur family which somehow managed to survive the K/T boundry intact" -- Eric Lurio.