Re: Explain-lite (Explain discussion)

> I do not completely agree with this. If there was a simple data structure
> that mapped recommended named search points onto attribute lists (ala the
> CCLInfo structure I posted) then you can write web clients and CCL clients
> with only having to understand that one piece of Explain. As long as one
> record has everything, then it should not be that daunting with documentation
> directing people in the right direction (ie: you can use this one and forget
> the rest for simple client applications). Z39.50 (currently) requires ASN.1
> so developers have to support ASN.1 anyway. 

sure this would be easier - and I am hearing (and would have argued) is the
first thing anyone uses explain for.  I thought this was there - but
since didn't use it myself can't argue that strongly -).

  Re the data layout - my recall is as Alan says above.  We used ASN.1 cause
anyone doing Z39.50 does ASN.1; so we did not go with GRS for this reason.
The same holds for XML (I don't really care either, except don't want to
do rewriting yet again).  
  Bob

Received on Thursday, 16 November 2000 20:40:37 UTC