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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