Hi Ryan,
Thanks for bringing SRU to our attention. I became aware of the new search-ws OASIS committee when I was looking for more information about SRU (after you posted that question in our FAQ).
By coincidence, TDWG is just about to become an OASIS member to participate in a new biodiversity conservation steering committee. So SRU is now another reason for joining.
I'm still unfamiliar with the OASIS process, but it seems that when TDWG joins OASIS, any TDWG member will be able to get involved with any OASIS group. So if there's anyone in this condition interested in participating in the search-ws group, please let me know (OASIS seems to encourage its members to bring as many people as possible to participate in the groups). Markus and I will in principle become observers of the group.
TAPIR is already a major effort to unify two protocols, and we reached the point of having enough documentation and tools to enable wide adoption by our community - which already started to happen. So although I'm all in favor of joining efforts with other communities and adopting a single standard, I'm not sure what would be feasible (and reasonable) at this point. Anyway, I agree we should try to get involved and see if there are any real opportunities for integration.
Best Regards, -- Renato
On 7 Nov 2007 at 18:10, Ryan Scherle wrote:
Hello TAPIRians, I've recently moved from the library world into the biology world, and I'm noticing that TAPIR has a lot in common with the SRU standard that is gaining popularity in the library world. I would like to encourage collaboration between the two communities, and see whether it is possible to forge a single standard out of the two.One major difference is that TAPIR is database-oriented,while SRU is much more document-oriented, but this should be possible to overcome.
SRU has been recently been turned over to the OASIS standards body as source material for developing a general-purpose web services search standard. As a part of this standardization process, the initial draft document has been opened for public comments (see below). If you have comments, you can post them at the URL indicated. If you work for an institution that is a member of OASIS, I believe you can still join the committee and vote on issues related to the standardization.
--- Ryan Scherle --- Digital Data Repository Architect --- NESCent