- From: Matthew J. Dovey <matthew.dovey@oucs.ox.ac.uk>
- Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 14:34:43 +0100
- To: "Andrea Giuliano" <a.giuliano@iccu.sbn.it>, <www-zig@w3.org>
The essential difference is that In Z39.50 the query syntax is separate and independent from the results format, and having performed a given query you could ask for different multiple record syntaxes from the resultant set of results. In LDAP the LDAP schema defines both query points and results format. It is plausible to build LDAP/Z3950 gateways (I did once....) if you are so inclined Matthew > -----Original Message----- > From: www-zig-request@w3.org [mailto:www-zig-request@w3.org] > On Behalf Of Andrea Giuliano > Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 1:22 PM > To: www-zig@w3.org > Subject: Z39.50 vs. LDAP... > > > Dear all, > > I was trying to explain the wonders of Z39.50 to a colleague of mine, > who works as a system and network administrator here. Finally he said: > "it sounds very much like LDAP". > > I'm not so deeply involved in Z39.50 and LDAP stuff to > contrast such an > opinion. Also, my explanation was probably poor and confused. > Is there > someone here who has practice on both topics? What do they > think about this? > > Best regards. > > -- > Andrea Giuliano, Ph. D. > ICCU - Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico > Viale Castro Pretorio 105, Rome - ITALY > Tel. +39064989509, Fax +39064059302 > > > >
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