Date:         Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:09:32 +0100
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From:         Mike Taylor <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: New draft of Record Update
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Ross Singer writes:
 > Could APP not just be extended and namespace to meet your need?
 > 
 > At least then, even if, yes, we're using some niche namespace for
 > the specific functionality you mention here, it's built on a
 > foundation that isn't so /totally/ library specific that others
 > could pick it up and use it on top of their existing systems (or,
 > at the mininum, the parts they support).

Hi, Ross.  Out of interest, what makes you describe SRU as "library
specific"?

I ask because that was a perception that we explicitly wanted to get
away from in moving from Z39.50 to SRU, and it's a bit dispiriting to
see how totally we failed :-)

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