SRU (Search/Retrieval Using URL)

Bath Profile

Version 2.0

This is an SRU profile based on the Bath profile for Z39.50.


Access Points

The table below lists the indexes prescribed by this profile for the corresponding access points. The context sets are Dublin Core, CQL, Bath, and Rec.

Access Point Context Set Index
Author, including Creator Dublin Core creator
Title Dublin Core title
Subject Dublin Core subject
Any CQL anywhere
Standard Identifier Dublin Core identifier
Date of Publication, including Date of Publication Range Dublin Core date
Key Title Bath keyTitle
Format/Type of Material Dublin Core format
Language Dublin Core language
Possessing Institution Bath possessingInstitution
Name Bath name
Personal Name Bath personalName
Corporate Name Bath corporateName
Conference Name Bath conferenceName
Uniform Title Bath uniformTitle
ISSN Bath issn
Remote System Record Number Rec id
Geographic Name Bath geographicName
Notes Bath notes
Topical Subject Bath topicalSubject
Genre/form Subject Bath genreForm

Relations, Wildcarding and Anchoring

The searches defined in the Z39.50 Bath profile can all be characterized in terms of a "base search" from the above table, and a "type of search" from the table below, which specifies the relation and wildcarding and ahchoring to be used for CQL.

Type of Search Relation Wildcard/ Anchor
Keyword with Right Truncation = * wildcard at the end of the search term and no anchoring
Exact Match == None
First Words in Field = no wildcard and a ^ anchor at the start of the search term.
Phrase = no wildcard and a ^ anchor at the start of the search term.
First Characters in Field = * wildcard at the end of the search term and a ^ anchor at the start.
All others = None

Retrieval

Implementors of this profile should support the following record schemas (see SRU Record Schemas):