I have never run across a SRW service, or if I have, it was so long ago I can't remember.  

Of course, I haven't run across all that many SRU services, either… but I cannot think of a good reason *not* to omit SOAP from SRU 2.0.  Basically, providing a SOAP interface is like saying "please don't use this service".  

-Ross.  

On Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 4:54 PM, LeVan,Ralph wrote:

> I've developed both SRW and SRU client applications. I embed SRW/U
> access to databases in a number of my applications. Originally, I
> mostly used SOAP/SRW, but over time have found that mangling URLs and
> either string searching through the XML response or using stock JAVA XML
> parsers has just been more convenient.
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> I won't miss SRW.
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>  
> Ralph
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>  
> From: LeVan,Ralph  
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 4:50 PM
> To: [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask])
> Subject: Anyone using SOAP?
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> SRU version 2.0 is nearing the end of its standardization process. It
> makes no reference to the SOAP version of SRU 1.2 (also known as SRW).
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> Does anyone actually use SOAP anymore? Is this a safe omission?
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> If there's still reasonable demand, I'll probably provide the WSDL and
> request schemas as an addon for the SRU 2.0 response schemas controlled
> by OASIS/LC.
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> Thanks!
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>  
> Ralph