Search Verb, ver. 1.0

Search Request

sort value rank is based on whatever relevance data is provided by the repository.

field values that must be supported (indexed and searchable):

• title
• author
• pubtype :: indicates whether monograph or serial
• language :: use ISO639-1 or ISO639-2
• fullbib
• pubdate
• publisher

field values that may be supported:

• identifier
• subject
• abstract
• fulltext

op values that must be supported:

• and
• or

Search Response

<record> subelement requirements (for the indexer to return):

• identifier :: Required.
• title :: Required if available.
• author :: Required if available. Repeatable. Each author is in last, first middle format.
• pubdate :: Required if available. The date of publication of the document is in W3C-DTF format (YYYY-MM-DD, YYYY-MM, YYYY).
• rank :: Optional. Relevance data in any form. Should be made as meaningful as possible.
• resultDivs :: Optional.

Structure Verb, ver. 1.0

Structure Response

type attribute on the <div> element. If any of the following division types are present, they must be identified as such using these values:

• maindocument
• front
• body
• back
• chapter
• section
• page

Formats Verb, ver. 1.0

Formats Response

type attribute on the <divReq> element. If any of the following division types are present, they must be identified as such using these values:

• maindocument
• front
• body
• back
• chapter
• section
• page