On Thu, 2008-04-17 at 09:49 -0400, Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress
wrote:
> We are introducing "groups" into the abstract protocol. Currently we
> have the abstract request parameters "startPosition" and
> "maximumItems". A server might serve records by group and/or item,
> so we want to introduce the request parameter "startGroup". Or
> "group".
startGroup
> Question: if a client requests by group, say it asks for group 3, does
> it also indicate a number of groups?
No. It may not know the number of groups. The server may not accurately
know the number of groups!
> However according to my notes (and the minutes) the server response
> should include "number of groups returned" - though I think that
> should be number of groups" (not "returned", just the number created).
Number of groups returned is surely 1. Number of groups created is what
is important.
> So we want to do one of the following:
>
> - if the client is allowed to request multiple groups:
> -- add request parameter startGroup
> -- add request parameter maximumGroups
> -- add response parameter numberOfGroups (in either case)
>
> -If not
> -- add request parameter group
> -- add response parameter numberOfGroups
Second.
Rob
