Date:         Tue, 17 Feb 2004 11:29:58 -0500
Reply-To:     "Z39.50 Next-Generation Initiative" <[log in to unmask]>
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From:         "Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: RecordSchema
Comments: To: "Z39.50 Next-Generation Initiative" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Because the user may have entered it, and the client software needs to
> know what 'mods' means exactly in order to validate it.
>
> Equally, the client may not have sent anything allowing the server to
> default the schema.

The second case is clear. The first seems a bit weak (should the client be
sending the request if it doesn't know what mods means, even though the user
entered it?) but like I said, I don't want us to revisit this.

--Ray