SRU

👥kind protocolusage searchenc optionaltopology federatedentity federated
started
2003
by
Library of Congress, OASIS Search Web Services TC
homepage
https://www.loc.gov/standards/sru/
wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search/Retrieve_via_URL

Search/Retrieve via URL — Library of Congress's HTTP-based modernization of Z39.50. Queries are CQL (Contextual Query Language), responses are XML; the companion CQL specification gives a sensible grammar where Z39.50's RPN was painful. Most library systems support SRU alongside legacy Z39.50.

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