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What terms do you suggest, Mike? I think we're doomed no matter what with these, after certain communities started to use "federated search" and "metasearch" in directly opposite ways. I also was told recently that what is called an "accordion" in English is called a "bandoneon" in Spanish, and what is called a "accordeon" in Spanish is called a "bandoneon" in English. Hope this helps. Mike Taylor wrote: > On 18 May 2010 15:24, Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> There is no synchronous operation in SRU. >> >> As for federated search . >> >> To digress a moment, you may recall -- I believe it was on this list -- >> there was discussion (maybe a year ago?) of what that even means and whether >> it is the same or differs from metasearch, whatever that means. That >> discussion was inconclusive. Anyway, earlier drafts of SRU 2.0 describe a >> metasearch model. Recently, the committee decided that the terms >> "metasearch" and "federated search" are undefined jargon. We now choose to >> call it "multi-server search". >> > > Way to go. Introducting yet ANOTHER synonym can only help! > > (And don't forget "broadcast search".) > >