SRW

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SRW (Search/Retrieve Web Service) is a web-based information retrieval protocol that modernizes and extends traditional library search standards for use over HTTP.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf information retrieval protocol
web service protocol
abbreviation SRW self-link
basedOnStandard SOAP API
surface form: SOAP
category library technology standard
search protocol
web service interface
communicationStyle request-response
designedForDomain digital libraries
information retrieval systems
library systems
extends Z39.50 functionality
fullName CQL
surface form: Contextual Query Language

Search/Retrieve Web Service
governedBy Library of Congress standards maintenance
hasDesignGoal enable interoperability between library systems
simplify implementation compared to Z39.50
use standard web technologies
hasFeature XML-based request and response messages
support for complex queries
support for diagnostics in responses
support for record schemas
support for result sets
web-friendly search interface
hasPurpose information retrieval over the web
search and retrieval of bibliographic and other records
hasSpecification SRW protocol specification
isComplementedBy SRU
isSuccessorTo Z39.50 in web environments
modernizes Z39.50
relatedProtocol SRU
supportsDiagnostics yes
supportsOperation explain
scan
searchRetrieve
supportsPagination yes
supportsProtocolStyle SOAP-based web services
supportsQueryLanguage CQL
supportsRecordSchemas yes
supportsResultFormat XML records
various metadata schemas
supportsSorting yes
supportsUseCase federated search across library databases
online catalog search
searching digital collections
searching institutional repositories
usesEncoding XML
usesTransportProtocol HTTP

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Z39.50 influenced SRW
SRU relatedStandard SRW
SRW abbreviation SRW self-link