Search/Retrieve Web Service
E605018
Search/Retrieve Web Service (SRW) is a standard web service protocol for querying and retrieving search results from remote databases and information retrieval systems over the web.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Search/Retrieve Web Service canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6519594 — 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: Search/Retrieve Web Service Context triple: [SRW, fullName, Search/Retrieve Web Service]
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A.
Internet search
Internet search is the process of using specialized software and algorithms to locate relevant information across the World Wide Web based on user queries.
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B.
ESearch
ESearch is an NCBI E-utilities service that performs text-based searches of NCBI databases and returns lists of matching record identifiers.
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C.
Qwant
Qwant is a French privacy-focused search engine that emphasizes user anonymity and does not track or profile its users.
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D.
Zeen web curation service
Zeen web curation service was an online platform that allowed users to collect, organize, and present web content in magazine-style formats.
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E.
Yandex Search
Yandex Search is a Russian-developed web search engine that powers Yandex’s ecosystem of online services and tools.
- 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: Search/Retrieve Web Service Target entity description: Search/Retrieve Web Service (SRW) is a standard web service protocol for querying and retrieving search results from remote databases and information retrieval systems over the web.
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A.
Internet search
Internet search is the process of using specialized software and algorithms to locate relevant information across the World Wide Web based on user queries.
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B.
ESearch
ESearch is an NCBI E-utilities service that performs text-based searches of NCBI databases and returns lists of matching record identifiers.
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C.
Qwant
Qwant is a French privacy-focused search engine that emphasizes user anonymity and does not track or profile its users.
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D.
Zeen web curation service
Zeen web curation service was an online platform that allowed users to collect, organize, and present web content in magazine-style formats.
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E.
Yandex Search
Yandex Search is a Russian-developed web search engine that powers Yandex’s ecosystem of online services and tools.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
search and retrieval protocol
ⓘ
web service protocol ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
SRW
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
SRW protocol ⓘ |
| accessMethod | web service interface ⓘ |
| basedOn | web services ⓘ |
| communicationStyle | request-response ⓘ |
| designedFor | interoperability between heterogeneous systems ⓘ |
| domain |
digital libraries
ⓘ
information retrieval ⓘ |
| enables | machine-to-machine search access ⓘ |
| goal | standardize search and retrieval over the web ⓘ |
| hasClientServerModel | client-server ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
explain operation
ⓘ
retrieve operation ⓘ search operation ⓘ |
| hasFullName | Search/Retrieve Web Service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasQueryLanguageFullName | Contextual Query Language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedFor |
information retrieval applications
ⓘ
library systems ⓘ |
| operatesOn |
information retrieval systems
ⓘ
remote databases ⓘ |
| purpose |
query remote databases
ⓘ
retrieve search results ⓘ |
| relatedStandard | Search/Retrieve via URL ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Z39.50 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scope | network-based search and retrieval ⓘ |
| serializationFormat | XML ⓘ |
| supports |
diagnostics reporting
ⓘ
record schemas ⓘ result sets ⓘ structured queries ⓘ |
| supportsDiscovery | service capabilities via explain operation ⓘ |
| supportsOperation |
explain
ⓘ
retrieve ⓘ search ⓘ |
| supportsQueryLanguage | CQL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportsResultFormat |
XML
ⓘ
records with metadata ⓘ |
| transportBinding | SOAP over HTTP ⓘ |
| usedFor |
federated search
ⓘ
interoperable search interfaces ⓘ |
| usesProtocol |
HTTP
ⓘ
SOAP NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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: Search/Retrieve Web Service Description of subject: Search/Retrieve Web Service (SRW) is a standard web service protocol for querying and retrieving search results from remote databases and information retrieval systems over the web.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.