- From: Robert Sanderson <azaroth@liverpool.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 11:37:59 +0100 (BST)
- To: Theo van Veen <Theo.vanVeen@kb.nl>
- cc: <www-zig@w3.org>
> Maybe it makes sense not to invest in Z39.50 Next Generation (XML over
^^^^^
> http) and convert the different XML records to a common XML-format.
> The ZNG prototype 1 WSDL definition can be found at
> http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/jafer/zng/zng-p1.wsdl.html . The
> implementation barrier is rather low.
There are no clients, the specification isn't set, even the entire
methodology isn't proven. I think that recommending ZNG in its current
state as an alternative to Z39.50 'classic' is doing a disservice to
everybody involved.
Yes, the initiative looks good, but it's only been worked on by a select
group of people for a little while, off and on. It looks like a viable
direction to be heading, but I don't think anyone would argue that it's
currently ready for production services.
Rob
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