- From: Matthew Dovey <matthew.dovey@las.ox.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 17:49:54 -0000
- To: www-zig@w3.org
> > The other strength, that I see (although some may argue it > is a weakness) is > > that Explain-lite can be delivered over other mechanisms > whereas Explain in > > its current form requires the Z39.50 search/retrieve > mechanisms. I'd like to > > see felxibility here since I'm looking at how to fit Z39.50 > into service > > discovery things such as UDDI. (again this isn't an > argument per se for > > Explain-lite) > > Matthew, in general this appeals to me - we all want a way > for clients (or > people) to learn of our services and databases. But I > suspect many of these > services would be put off by having to carry/hold/convey the > details of a > particular protocol. But UDDI is intended to do precisely that (carry/hold/convey the details of particular protocols) - that is it's raison d'etre!!! Matthew
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