Date:         Tue, 23 Dec 2003 08:51:43 +0100
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From:         Adam Dickmeiss <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: Betr.: Re: SRU examples
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Theo van Veen wrote:

>No, I'm not talking about parameters before the "?". I'm talking about
>the possibility that the  base-url contains parameters, but after "?".
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>For example a base-url like:
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>http://myserver.com/my-cgi/mysrw.pl?database=abc&
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>The  client can stick the request after the base-url without having to
>know  that "database=abc" is a parameter. This implies that the "?" is
>part of the base-url and should not be added again.
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FWIW, that's what we do. Was afraid to tell anyone:) If database is
defined, that is used. If not defined, the path preceding ? is taken as
database. Maybe database is a bad name.

-- Adam

>Theo
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>LeVan,Ralph wrote:
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>>Has anyone noticed that Theo is talking about parameters before the
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>>Eliot is talking about them after the '?'.
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>>I don't think you get to stick parameters in front of the '?'.
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>Yep. We want parameters after ?. Just like forms/CGI has worked for
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>last 10 years.
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>-- Adam
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>>Ralph
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Theo van Veen [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 9:56 AM
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: SRU examples
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>>This is OK. It is not the intention to have official SRU parameters
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>>preceed "?". It is
>>just that it should be possible to have parameters being part of the
>>base-url without the
>>client being aware of that parameters and in such a case the base-url
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>>"&"  rather than "?". An SRU request is in my opion baseurl + request.
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>>Theo
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>>On 22 Dec 2003 at 14:48, Janifer Gatenby wrote:
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>>>Here is a new version of SRU examples taking into account comments
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>>Ralph
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>>>and Matthew on 19th December.  Currently the "?" precedes operation
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>>>URL.  I realise that this may in fact change again following Eliot's
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>>>Theo's comments. Regardless of where it is finally put, we should add
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>>>explanatory text in the SRU URL access mechanism document.
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>>>Janifer
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