Search/Retrieve Web service (SRW) is a
web service for
search and
retrieval. SRW provides a
SOAP
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interface to queries, to augment the
URL interface provided by its companion protocol
Search/Retrieve via URL
Search/Retrieve via URL (SRU) is a standard search protocol for Internet search queries, utilizing Contextual Query Language (CQL), a standard query syntax for representing queries.
SRU, along with the related Search/Retrieve via Web (SRW) servi ...
(SRU). Queries in SRU and SRW are expressed using the
Contextual Query Language
Contextual Query Language (CQL), previously known as Common Query Language, is a formal language for representing queries to information retrieval systems such as search engines, bibliographic catalogs and museum collection information. Based on t ...
(CQL).
Standards for SRW, SRU, and CQL are promulgated by the United States
Library of Congress
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.
The SRW service and SRU protocol were both created by as part of the ZING (Z39.50 International: Next Generation) initiative as successors to the
Z39.50 protocol.
Example usage
See also
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Z39.50
Implementations
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refbase
refbase is web-based institutional repository and reference management software which is often used for self-archiving. refbase is licensed under the GPL and written in PHP and uses a MySQL backend.
It can import and export a variety of stand ...
*
RefDB
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Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
External links
SRU: Search/Retrieve via URL
Web services
Library science terminology
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