[OAI-implementers] Multiple set arguments

Joan Smith jsmit at cs.odu.edu
Thu Apr 10 10:03:02 EDT 2008


Chuck,

I don't know about other implementations, but the apache module,
"mod_oai" responds with an error message if more than one set spec is
in the request string.

Regards,

Joan

On 4/10/08, Chuck Koscher <ckoscher at crossref.org> wrote:
> Interesting question.... I would expect most systems to respond ambiguously
>  since this would overload the one 'set' property.
>
>
>  Chuck Koscher
>
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>  [mailto:oai-implementers-bounces at openarchives.org] On Behalf Of Jay Luker
>  Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 9:15 AM
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>  Subject: [OAI-implementers] Multiple set arguments
>
>  Hi all,
>
>  I'm trying to clarify the expected behavior when a list request includes
>  multiple set arguments. For example, "&set=A&set=B". Would/should this
>  return the union of the two sets or the intersection?
>
>  --
>  Jay Luker jayl at exlibris-usa.com
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