Download with SRU

SRU (Search/Retrieval via URL): is an XML-based information search and retrieval protocol. It uses CQL (Contextual Query Language), a standard syntax for representing queries. SRU was born as an alternative to Z39.50, it provides a search method over HTTP and returns different serializations of metadata.

Most SRU implementations use their own search profiles; It is necessary to know not only how the protocol works, but also how a specific SRU server works.

Features of the BNE SRU server:

MarcEdit SRU client configuration example

The Marc Edit search profile uses, under the namespace 'alma', the following indexes: title, creator, subjects, isbn, issn, source_record_id, and all_for_ui, which appear in the Explain operation.

 

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