Date:         Mon, 17 Jun 2002 16:58:49 +0100
Reply-To:     "Z39.50 Next-Generation Initiative" <[log in to unmask]>
Sender:       "Z39.50 Next-Generation Initiative" <[log in to unmask]>
From:         Mike Taylor <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: session ids and result set ids
Comments: To: [log in to unmask]
In-Reply-To:  <[log in to unmask]> (message from Matthew Dovey on Sat,
              15 Jun 2002 11:19:14 +0100)

> Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2002 11:19:14 +0100
> From: Matthew Dovey <[log in to unmask]>
>
> If there is strong feeling to start re-introducing Z39.50 machinery
> such as client named result sets with delete operations etc. I would
> suggest that those who need that sort of thing should opt for my
> parallel ZiNG suggestion of wrapping XER in SOAP.

... or indeed, for Z39.50 -- a rather nice IR protocol.

It's never been easier than it is today to build Z39.50 clients in C,
C++, Perl, Java, Tcl, Visual Basic or indeed shell-level commands --
see
        http://zoom.z3950.org/bind/index.html

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