SRU
E148346
SRU (Search/Retrieve via URL) is a standard web-based search protocol that enables querying and retrieving information from remote databases using URLs and XML.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SRU canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1290218 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SRU Context triple: [Z39.50, influenced, SRU]
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A.
SRP
SRP (Stream Reservation Protocol) is an IEEE 802.1 Audio Video Bridging (AVB) protocol that enables end-to-end reservation of network resources to guarantee quality of service for time-sensitive audio and video streams over Ethernet.
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B.
SRB
SRB is the commonly used abbreviation for Sveriges Riksbank, the central bank of Sweden and the world’s oldest central bank.
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C.
SRB
SRB is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Serbia.
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D.
SRFC
SRFC is the commonly used abbreviation for Sacramento Republic FC, a professional soccer club based in Sacramento, California.
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E.
SU
SU was the two-letter country code used to represent the former Soviet Union in various international standards and systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SRU Target entity description: SRU (Search/Retrieve via URL) is a standard web-based search protocol that enables querying and retrieving information from remote databases using URLs and XML.
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A.
SRP
SRP (Stream Reservation Protocol) is an IEEE 802.1 Audio Video Bridging (AVB) protocol that enables end-to-end reservation of network resources to guarantee quality of service for time-sensitive audio and video streams over Ethernet.
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B.
SRB
SRB is the commonly used abbreviation for Sveriges Riksbank, the central bank of Sweden and the world’s oldest central bank.
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C.
SRB
SRB is the three-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code assigned to Serbia.
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D.
SRFC
SRFC is the commonly used abbreviation for Sacramento Republic FC, a professional soccer club based in Sacramento, California.
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E.
SU
SU was the two-letter country code used to represent the former Soviet Union in various international standards and systems.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
search protocol
ⓘ
web service protocol ⓘ |
| abbreviationOf | Search/Retrieve via URL ⓘ |
| basedOnModel | CQL ⓘ |
| communicationStyle | request-response ⓘ |
| domain |
digital libraries
ⓘ
information retrieval ⓘ library information systems ⓘ |
| fullName | Search/Retrieve via URL ⓘ |
| governingBody | Library of Congress Network Development and MARC Standards Office ⓘ |
| hasAcronym | SRU self-link ⓘ |
| hasOperation |
explain
ⓘ
scan ⓘ searchRetrieve ⓘ |
| hasSpecificationType | open standard ⓘ |
| interoperabilityGoal | cross-system search interoperability ⓘ |
| isWebServiceVariantOf | Z39.50 ⓘ |
| relatedStandard |
SRW
ⓘ
Z39.50 ⓘ |
| requestEncoding | URL query parameters ⓘ |
| responseEncoding | XML ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | Library of Congress ⓘ |
| supportsDiagnostics | true ⓘ |
| supportsExplainOperationPurpose |
capabilities discovery
ⓘ
service description ⓘ |
| supportsOperation |
explain
ⓘ
retrieve ⓘ search ⓘ |
| supportsPagination | true ⓘ |
| supportsRecordPacking | true ⓘ |
| supportsRecordPackingType |
XML
ⓘ
string ⓘ |
| supportsRecordSchemas | true ⓘ |
| supportsResultSet | true ⓘ |
| supportsSorting | true ⓘ |
| supportsVersion |
1.1
ⓘ
1.2 ⓘ |
| typicalResponseContent |
metadata records
ⓘ
result set information ⓘ search diagnostics ⓘ |
| typicalUseCase |
federated search across library catalogs
ⓘ
searching bibliographic databases ⓘ searching metadata repositories ⓘ |
| usesFormat | XML ⓘ |
| usesProtocol | HTTP ⓘ |
| usesQueryLanguage |
SPARQL
ⓘ
surface form:
Contextual Query Language
|
| usesTransport | URL ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: SRU Description of subject: SRU (Search/Retrieve via URL) is a standard web-based search protocol that enables querying and retrieving information from remote databases using URLs and XML.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.