Metasearch Metadata Metaphor

SRW/U is to Yngwie J. Malmsteen as OpenSearch is to Keith Richards.

Yngwie Malmsteen is technically superior, however aesthetically unlistenable (unimplementable, in the case of SRW/U).

Keith Richards is sloppy, unsophisticated and writes timeless melodies that resonate with the masses (OpenSearch is sloppy, unsophisticated — while time will tell if OpenSearch becomes “timeless” [seems doubtful, honestly], but there are certainly a lot of OpenSearch targets).

Mike Taylor wrote a very insightful reaction to Dan’s worklog posting (and incredibly objective, given his investment and relationship to SRW/U). And he’s right.

And I’m right. Unless SRW/U can capture some of the mojo that OpenSearch has, it might as well be Yngwie J. Malmsteen.

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September 15, 2005

libraries, philosophizing, SRU

Ross

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Michael

September 16, 2005

I don’t know much about SRU/W (yet) but I believe an OpenSearch Description document could list an SRU response as the (or one of the) available responses
ph0rman

September 18, 2005

Thankfully I’ve not (yet) had to implement an SRU/W interface (and am not in a hurry to change this =), but I did find it interesting that the IEBlog recently discussed OpenSearch (https://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/09/14/466278.aspx).

Now, I certainly don’t hold that MS is the prime determination of all that is good, but when the 500 lb. gorilla gets behind it, you probably stand a better than average chance.

Metasearch Metadata Metaphor

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