> I made it mandatory for scan and searchRetrieve (but not explain) in the
> WSDL http binding for SRU.
Did you also make version optional for Explain?
Rob
>
> Matthew
>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> On Behalf Of Robert Sanderson
>> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 2:17 PM
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>> Subject: Re: Operation mandatory
>>
>>> We've received some mail that suggests that the text on the
>> site is not
>>> clear about the cardinality of the operation parameter in
>> SRU. Looking
>>> around through the various documents, I'm not entirely
>> clear on it myself..
>>> is it optional or mandatory under SRU?
>>
>> I believe it should be Mandatory, apart from the backwards
>> compatable (and
>> sane) no parameters == explain exception to SRU mandatoriness.
>>
>> And yes, the text on the site does not say either way, and it should.
>>
>> Rob
>>
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