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Bath Profile Amendment 1: Definition of Searches for 5.A.2 Functional Area A:
Level 2 Bibliographic Search and Retrieval

Originator:  Bath Profile Developer Group
Origination Date:  2000-09-24
Status:  Endorsed by Bath Profile Developer Group 2001-01-05

Amendment:

5.A.2  Functional Area A: Level 2 Bibliographic Search and Retrieval

Level 2 inherits all Level 0 and 1 search and retrieval requirements. Conformance with Level 2 allows additional searches for periodical titles as well as additional limiting searches by format/type of material, language of the item and date ranges.

Level 2 searching requires the following Bib-1 Attribute Types and Values:

Combinations of these Attribute Types and Values express the semantics of nine Level 2 searches detailed below:

• Key Title Search - Keyword
• Key Title Search - Keyword with Right Truncation
• Key Title Search - Exact Match
• Key Title Search - First Word in Field
• Key Title Search - First Characters in Field
• Format/Type of Material Search - Keyword
• Format/Type of Material Search - Phrase
• Language Search
• Date of Publication Range Search

5.A.2.1  Key Title Search - Keyword

Uses: Searches for complete word in the key title of a periodical.

5.A.2.2  Key Title Search - Keyword with Right Truncation

Use: Searches for complete word beginning with the specified character string in fields that contain a key-title of a periodical.

5.A.2.3  Key Title Search - Exact Match

Use: Searches in fields that contain a key title of a periodical for an exact match on the complete string as specified. This search is useful for one or two word titles where a less precise search may retrieve a very large result set.

5.A.2.4  Key Title Search - First Words in Field

Use: Searches for complete word(s) in the order specified in fields that contain a key title of a periodical. The field must begin with the specified character string. This search is useful when only the beginning words are known to the user.

5.A.2.5  Key Title Search - First Characters in Field

Use: Searches for the specified character string in fields that contain a key title of a periodical. The field must begin with the specified character string. This search is useful when the beginning words of a key title are known to the user but the user is not sure of the form or spelling of a particular word.

5.A.2.6  Format/Type of Material Search - Keyword

Use: Searches for descriptions of the material type of an item (i.e., computer file, sound recording, cassette, etc.).

The Material-Type Use attribute must be used as a search delimiter in conjunction with another operand (i.e., used to limit a search using other Use Attribute values). Z-servers may reject a query that only includes the Material-Type Use Attribute.

5.A.2.7  Format/Type of Material Search - Phrase

Use: Searches for descriptions of the material type(s) of an item (i.e., computer file, sound recording, cassette, etc.).

The Material-Type Use attribute must be used as a search delimiter in conjunction with another operand (i.e., used to limit a search using other Use Attribute values). Z-servers may reject a query that only includes the Material-Type Use Attribute.

5.A.2.8  Language Search

Use: Searches for a code that indicates the language of the item. Code will be from the MARC21 Code list for languages (is there an equivalent UNIMARC list that should be referenced?)

The Language Use Attribute must be used as a search limiter in conjunction with another operand (i.e., used to limit a search using other Use Attribute values). Z-servers may reject a query that only includes the Language Use Attribute.

5.A.2.9  Date of Publication Range Search

Use: Searches for items published between two specified dates.

The Date of Publication Use Attribute must be used as a search limiter in conjunction with another operand (i.e., used to limit a search using other Use Attribute values). Z-servers may reject a query that only includes the Date of Publication Use Attribute.

This search must be based on the Z39.50 Implementors Agreement #1 for Linear Range Searching ( see http://lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/agency/agree/range.html)

Status:

• Recommended by Bath Profile Developer Group   2000-09-25
• Discussed on listserv   2000-10-18 to 2000-11-18
• Endorsed by Bath Profile Developer Group 2001-01-05