Date:         Mon, 17 Jun 2002 15:40:46 -0400
Reply-To:     "Z39.50 Next-Generation Initiative" <[log in to unmask]>
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From:         "LeVan,Ralph" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: result set model for srw
Comments: To: "Z39.50 Next-Generation Initiative" <[log in to unmask]>
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Exactly the same.  I call it a hint because it's less than a promise.  It's
just an intent to make a best effort.

Ralph

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ray Denenberg [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 3:22 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: result set model for srw
>
>
> "LeVan,Ralph" wrote:
>
> > 3) If it is not a legally binding contract, then it is only
> a hint.  The
> > server can kill it whenever it wants.  If the server runs
> out of resources,
> > something has to go.  If the server crashes, something will
> probably go.
>
> All that's true for real Z39.50, there are no legally binding
> contracts there
> either.  If a client sends a Search request and the response
> is success, is
> that a "hint" that the client can then present records?  So
> the level of
> obligation for srw is the same as Z39.50?
>
> --Ray
>