RE: [search-ws] Scan: another approach

> But my point is this.  You can say I want "cat" to be the fifth term,
> and I
> want 10 terms.  Or you can say I want 10 terms beginning with -3
> (always
> assuming that the seed term is in position 1).
> 
>  The latter approach is in line with the searchRetrieve operation.

This was the suggestion in my original e-mail.

The p.s. is that there is no technical reason why we couldn't support
*both* approaches for *both* scan and search.

Matthew