Message-Id: <199602062333.RAA01900@library.wustl.edu> Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 17:32:35 -0600 From: Jeff Huestis <mailto:Jeff-Huestis@LIBRARY.WUSTL.EDU> Subject: Re: URLs To: Multiple recipients of list WEBCAT-L <mailto:WEBCAT-L@WUVMD.WUSTL.EDU>
On Tue, 6 Feb 1996, Art Zemon wrote:>
> I believe that repeating the search is the "right" way to do it. So instead, I
> want to publish a URL that executes a search that returns exactly one bib
record > or exactly one holdings record. (Hopefully, it returns the *right* record! :-)
>
I think that's what we had in mind. For the "url" (URL proper, plus form data) to have any permanence, the "search" performed needs to be something that returns record(s) for a unique published unit, like ISBN or ISSN plus volume/pagination, or other keys that should be unchanged by changes in the database where the records are found.Jeff Huestis Washington University Libraries