Re: sru and query

From: "David Loy" <de_loy@yahoo.com>

> I haven't been keeping up with the z39.50 list to know
> if it deals with sru questions.

David - There is a listserv for SRU, see
http://www.loc.gov/standards/sru/listserv.html

> Is there any mechanism in sru (not srw) that allows
> alternate query types to be used (e.g. Google, etc.)
> instead of cql?

There is no SRU (nor SRW) analog to the Z39.50 query type.  (However there
is an "extra-data" parameter where you can stick a query.)

--Ray