RE: Z39.50 on the web (and in print)

> I don't think you can "base" on attribute on another in the new
> attribute architecture - however, an attribute set can inherit an
> attribute from another set and use additional qualifiers (functional and
> semantic) on that attribute.
> I think Rob is thinking more of RDF et al. where you can indicate that
> an element is a derivative (in some way) of another...

No no, just a bad way of expressing it.

By 'based off' I meant 'to always be used in conjunction with'

For example BIB2, apart from a few searches where they've defined new 
access points, is used in conjunction with UTIL and XD in just the way it 
should be, as per the architecture.

Rob

> > > > What do you mean by "attributes based off of UTIL-1", Rob?
> > > 
> > > I mean that it uses UTIL, or XD in the way specificied in the
> > > architecture. :)


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