- From: Robert Sanderson <azaroth@liverpool.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 23:09:00 +0000 (GMT)
- To: Sebastian Hammer <quinn@indexdata.dk>
- cc: Mike Taylor <mike@tecc.co.uk>, <www-zig@w3.org>
> So is the assumption that this model would be used both for servers
> describing themselves and for Friends & Neighbours? My exhuberant comment
I would expect that only the <serverdetails> would be wanted for friends
and neighbours.
> to Mike was intended to yield a F&N scheme first. Yours seems more
> Explain-oriented (but in a good way).
Right, the thread has split many ways from Sunday. This is definitely
more Explain than F&N.
> > <indexdetails>
> > <index search="true" scan="true" sort="true" id="ghlau-mailarchive-1">
> > <name>author</name>
> > <title lang="en" primary="true">Author</title>
> > <type>author</type>
> > <map attributeset="BIB-1" primary="true">
> > <use>1</use><posit>3</posit> <struct>6</struct>
> > </map>
> > </index>
> kind of description "dumbing down" to the level where it just asserts that
> this and this and this attribute (combination) is valid on the server, and
> leave the client to figure out what they are. What I'm after, I guess, is a
> record that can be simple enough that it can be produced from the outside
> using automated probing or manual testing...
Certainly. Making name, title and type optional in the schema would be a
good start. Name could probably be thrown out completely even. Type is
just a convenient way for me to group similarly inclined records together
automatically.
Title could be looked up in a Long List of attribute combinations and
would be right most of the time I guess.
ID, like type, is just a convenient way of locating them in a federated
database, and would probably be assigned by the federator.
Title and Type are in there for when you -can't- look them up, for example
with attribute architectured searches against databases of collectable
card game cards.
So a minimal version might be:
<indexdetails search="true">
<map attributeset="BIB1">
<use>1</use>
</map>
</indexdetails>
Rob
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