I'd code it.  (I have already coded to it.)  For me, the httpAccept
parameter and support for content negotiation on responses is a
wonderful addition to the standard.  It lets us be OpenSearch compliant
finally.

The virtue of coding to the draft is that there's a chance we can fix
any problems you encounter.  While we consider the draft stable, that
doesn't mean everything has been tested in the real world.  I'm
particularly nervous about the facets support I championed.  I asked for
it to support users of my SRW server framework who wanted to create an
interface to SOLR.  Those users disappeared and the usability of the SRU
interface is untested.

Ralph

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of
> Jonathan Rochkind
> Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 3:18 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] OASIS SRU and CQL, access to most-current
drafts
> 
> Wait, I'm so confused. Is SRU 2.0 actually a published standard, or
are
> you just showing us a work in progress that nobody should be writing
> code to yet?
> 
> I'm confused because I thought it was just a draft work in progress,
but
> then you talk about official vs unofficial copies... an unofficial
copy
> of a draft work in progress that isn't a spec yet anyway?  Very
confused.
> 
> If I'm planning on writing software to SRU... do you recommend I use
the
> (until now not publically available so I didn't have a choice)
> "unofficial" SRU 2.0 thing, or is that still just a draft work in
> progress nobody should be writing software to yet?
> 
> Jonathan
> 
> Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress wrote:
> > For those of you who have recently asked about current OASIS drafts
of SRU
> > (2.0) and CQL ...
> >
> > The *official* versions reside at OASIS, but because of confusing
(and
> > sometimes inaccessible) links, as well as uncertainty about  status
> > (because of imbedded dates),  we now maintain *unofficial copies* of
the
> > most current versions at:
> >
> > http://www.loc.gov/standards/sru/oasis/current/sru-2-0.doc
> > http://www.loc.gov/standards/sru/oasis/current/cql.doc
> >
> > We will continue to maintain copies of the most current version at
these
> > URLs.
> >
> > --Ray
> >
> >