Date:Mon, 17 Jun 2002 16:21:24 +0100
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From:Mike Taylor <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:Re: result set model for srw
Comments:To: [log in to unmask]In-Reply-To:<[log in to unmask]> (message from Ray Denenberg on Fri,
14 Jun 2002 14:54:13 -0400)
> Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 14:54:13 -0400
> From: Ray Denenberg <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > So my concrete proposal is simply that the client should send, as
> > a part of the search request, a bit saying whether or not it wants
> > the server to maintain a persistent result set.
>
> We explored all of this, in great depth, at our first meeting a year
> ago. There was strong sentiment not to do this as it would be a
> futile effort to define negotiation that wouldn't work in practice
> anyway.
Why not?
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