SRU (Search/Retrieval Using URL)

Info URIs for SRU

About the 'info' identifier scheme (via info-uri.info Standard Disclaimer for External Links)

SRU defines a number of object classes; objects are identified by URIs. Some identifiers are 'http:' URIs, others are 'info:' URIs. (There are various authorities assigning these URIs and there is no specific rule prescribing what URI scheme is to be used; the authority that defines a URI decides which scheme.) This page describes 'info:' URIs for SRU.

Syntax of an SRU 'info' URI

An SRW 'info:' URI is of the form

"info:srw/<object type>/<authority>/<identifier>"

Object Types

<object type> is a string, from the first column in the following table (which may be extended):

Object-type String Usage Example
cql-context-set CQL context sets info:srw/cql-context-set/1/dc- v1.1
schema record schemas info:srw/schema/2/rec-1.0
profile profiles info:srw/profile/1/base-profile- v1.1
extension extensions info:srw/extension/2/schema- negotiation-v1.0
diagnostic diagnostics info:srw/diagnostic/1/1
xmlns XML Namespaces info:srw/xmlns/1/sru-2-0
action Record Update Actions info:srw/action/1/create
vocabulary controlled vocabulary for parameters and values in SRU and CQL. info:srw/vocabulary/resultCountPrecision/1/exact

Authorities

<authority> is a string assigned by the SRU Maintenance Agency to an SRW ''info:' sub-authority. Currently the following are assigned:

Authority String Organization/Class Representative
"1"
SRU Maintenance Agency Ray Denenberg
"2"
University of Liverpool Rob Sanderson
"3"
Oxford Matthew Dovey
"4"
Koninklijke Bibliotheek Theo Van Veen
"5"
OCLC PICA Janifer Gatenby
"6"
Adlib | Information Systems Hedzer Westra
"7"
JSA/INSTAC/AIDOS [1] Yushi Komachi
"8"
Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Firenze Giovanni Bergamin
"9"
Danish National Library Authority Leif Andresen
"10"
Digital Library Production Service, University of
Michigan
Perry Willett

or contact: dlps-help@umich.edu

"11"
PRISM Tony Hammond
"12"
Record Update Janifer Gatenby
"13"
Intrallect Sarah Currier
"14"
GILS Eliot Christian
"15"
Norwegian Z39.50 Interest Group (NorZIG) Tor Arne Dahl
"16"
NPO Japan Medical Abstract Society Toshinori Kurosawa

[1] Japanese Standard Association/Information Technology Research and Standardization Center/Committee for Advanced Integrated Documents Standardization