Rob - You suggest "startGroup", rather than
"group". But then you say, no, the client does not indicate a number of
groups. And that the server returns only one group.
Wouldn't "start" imply more than
one? So wouldn't 'group" be more meaningful than
'startGroup".
Next: "The server may not accurately know the number of
groups." But we should still include the response
parameter "numberOfGroups". So the idea is that the server includes it if it
knows, and doesn't if it doesn't?
--Ray
----- Original Message -----
From:
Rob
Sanderson
To: Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress
Cc:
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 9:57
AM
Subject: Re: [search-ws] items and
groups
On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 09:49 -0400, Ray Denenberg, Library
of Congress
wrote:
> We are introducing "groups" into the abstract
protocol. Currently we
> have the abstract request parameters
"startPosition" and
> "maximumItems". A server might
serve records by group and/or item,
> so we want to introduce the
request parameter "startGroup". Or
>
"group".
startGroup
> Question: if a client requests by
group, say it asks for group 3, does
> it also indicate a number of
groups?
No. It may not know the number of groups. The server may
not accurately
know the number of groups!
> However
according to my notes (and the minutes) the server response
> should
include "number of groups returned" - though I think that
> should be
number of groups" (not "returned", just the number created).
Number of
groups returned is surely 1. Number of groups created is what
is
important.
> So we want to do one of the
following:
>
> - if the client is allowed to request
multiple groups:
> -- add request parameter
startGroup
> -- add request parameter
maximumGroups
> -- add response parameter
numberOfGroups (in either case)
>
> -If
not
> -- add request parameter
group
> -- add response parameter
numberOfGroups
Second.
Rob
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