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The Bath Profile:

An International Z39.50 Specification for Library Applications and Resource Discovery

Release 2.0

Internationally Registered Profile
ISO TC 46 SC 4, February 2004

Developed by The Bath Group
(Participants at the Bath Meetings, August 1999 -- April 2002)

Maintained by the Bath Profile Maintenance Agency
Library and Archives Canada

March 2003

Table of Contents

Revision History

Maintenance of the Profile

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction to the Profile

2. Purpose and Scope

3. Functional Requirements

3.1. Bibliographic Search and Retrieval

3.1.1. Bibliographic Search

3.1.2. Browsing Indexes

3.1.3. Bibliographic Retrieval

3.2. Bibliographic Holdings Retrieval and Search

3.3. Cross-Domain Search and Retrieval

3.4. Authority Record Search and Retrieval

4. Z39.50 Specifications

4.1. Protocol Version

4.2. Z39.50 Objects

4.3. Z39.50 Services

4.3.1. Init

4.3.2. Search: Query Type and Attribute Sets

4.3.3. Retrieval: Record Syntaxes

4.4. Diagnostic Messages

5. Conformance

5.A. Functional Area A: Bibliographic Search and Retrieval, with Primary Focus on Library Catalogues

5.A.0. Functional Area A: Level 0 Basic Bibliographic Search and Retrieval

5.A.0.1. Author Search -- Keyword

5.A.0.2. Title Search -- Keyword

5.A.0.3. Subject Search -- Keyword

5.A.0 4. Any Search -- Keyword

5.A.1. Functional Area A: Level 1 Bibliographic Search and Retrieval

5.A.1.1. Author Search -- Keyword with Right Truncation

5.A.1.2. Author Search -- Exact Match

5.A.1.3. Author Search -- First Words in Field

5.A.1.4. Author Search -- First Characters in Field

5.A.1.5. Title Search -- Keyword with Right Truncation

5.A.1.6. Title Search -- Exact Match

5.A.1.7. Title Search -- First Words in Field

5.A.1.8. Title Search -- First Characters in Field

5.A.1.9. Subject Search -- Keyword with Right Truncation

5.A.1.10. Subject Search -- Exact Match

5.A.1.11. Subject Search -- First Words in Field

5.A.1.12. Subject Search -- First Characters in Field

5.A.1.13. Any Search -- Keyword with Right Truncation

5.A.1.14. Standard Identifier Search

5.A.1.15. Date of Publication Search

5.A.1.SCAN. Functional Area A: Level 1 Use of SCAN

5.A.1.SCAN.1. Author -- Exact Match

5.A.1.SCAN.2. Title -- Exact Match

5.A.1.SCAN.3. Subject -- Exact Match

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

5.A.2.1. Key Title Search -- Keyword

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

5.A.2.3. Key Title Search -- Exact Match

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

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

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

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

5.A.2.8. Language Search -- Keyword

5.A.2.9. Date of Publication Range Search

5.A.2.10. Possessing Institution Search

5.B. Functional Area B: Bibliographic Holdings Retrieval and Search

5.B.0. Functional Area B: Level 0 Bibliographic Holdings Retrieval

5.B.1. Functional Area B: Level 1 Bibliographic Holdings Retrieval

5.B.1.1. ESN B-1 Locations Only

5.B.1.2. ESN B-2 Locations, Summary Information and Count if available

5.B.1.3. ESN C-2 Summary Copy Level Holdings

5.C. Functional Area C: Cross-Domain Search and Retrieval

5.C.0. Functional Area C: Level 0 Cross-Domain Search and Retrieval

5.C.0.1. Creator Search -- Keyword

5.C.0.2. Title Search -- Keyword

5.C.0.3. Subject Search -- Keyword

5.C.0.4. Any Search -- Keyword

5.C.1. Functional Area C: Level 1 Cross-Domain Search and Retrieval

5.C.1.1. Creator Search -- Keyword with Right Truncation

5.C.1.2. Title Search -- Keyword with Right Truncation

5.C.1.3. Title Search -- Unanchored Phrase

5.C.1.4. Subject Search -- Keyword with Right Truncation

5.C.1.5. Subject Search -- Unanchored Phrase

5.C.1.6. Any Search -- Keyword with Right Truncation

5.C.1.7. Any Search -- Unanchored Phrase

5.C.1.8. Standard Identifier Search

5.C.1.9. Date of Publication Search

5.D. Functional Area D: Authority Record Search and Retrieval in Online Library Catalogues

5.D.1. Functional Area D: Level 1 Authority Record Search and Retrieval

5.D.1.1. Name Search -- Keyword

5.D.1.2. Name Search -- Keyword with Right Truncation

5.D.1.3. Name Search -- Exact Match

5.D.1.4. Name Search -- First Characters in Field

5.D.1.5. Title Search -- Keyword

5.D.1.6. Title Search -- Keyword with Right Truncation

5.D.1.7. Title Search -- Exact Match

5.D.1.8. Title Search -- First Words in Field

5.D.1.9. Title Search -- First Characters in Field

5.D.1.10. Subject Search -- Keyword

5.D.1.11. Subject Search -- Keyword with Right Truncation

5.D.1.12. Subject Search -- Exact Match

5.D.1.13. Subject Search -- First Words in Field

5.D.1.14. Subject Search -- First Characters in Field

5.D.1.SCAN. Functional Area D: Level 1 Use of SCAN

5.D.1.SCAN.1. Name -- Exact Match

5.D.1.SCAN.2. Title -- Exact Match

5.D.1.SCAN.3. Subject -- Exact Match

5.D.2. Functional Area D: Level 2 Authority Record Search and Retrieval

5.D.2.1. Personal Name Search -- Keyword

5.D.2.2. Personal Name Search -- Keyword with Right Truncation

5.D.2.3. Personal Name Search -- Exact Match

5.D.2.4. Personal Name Search -- First Characters in Field

5.D.2.5. Corporate Name Search -- Keyword

5.D.2.6. Corporate Name Search -- Keyword with Right Truncation

5.D.2.7. Corporate Name Search -- Exact Match

5.D.2.8. Corporate Name Search -- First Characters in Field

5.D.2.9. Conference Name Search -- Keyword

5.D.2.10. Conference Name Search -- Keyword with Right Truncation

5.D.2.11. Conference Name Search -- Exact Match

5.D.2.12. Conference Name Search -- First Characters in Field

5.D.2.13. Uniform Title Search -- Keyword

5.D.2.14. Uniform Title Search -- Keyword with Right Truncation

5.D.2.15. Uniform Title Search -- Exact Match

5.D.2.16. Uniform Title Search -- First Characters in Field

5.D.2.17. Uniform Title Search - First Words in Field

5.D.2.18. ISSN Search

5.D.2.19. Remote System Record Number Search

5.D.2.20. Geographic Name Search -- Keyword

5.D.2.21. Geographic Name Search -- Keyword with Right Truncation

5.D.2.22. Geographic Name Search -- Exact Match

5.D.2.23. Geographic Name Search -- First Characters in Field

5.D.2.24. Title Search -- Unanchored Phrase

5.D.2.25. Subject Search -- Unanchored Phrase

5.D.2.26. Name Search -- Unanchored Phrase

5.D.2.27. Notes Search -- Keyword

5.D.2.28. Notes Search -- Keyword with Right Truncation

5.D.2.29. Any Search -- Keyword

5.D.2.30. Any Search -- Keyword with Right Truncation

5.D.2.31. Topical Subject Search -- Keyword

5.D.2.32. Topical Subject Search -- Keyword with Right Truncation

5.D.2.33. Topical Subject Search -- Exact Match

5.D.2.34. Topical Subject Search -- First Words in Field

5.D.2.35. Topical Subject Search -- First Characters in Field

5.D.2.36. Genre/form Subject Search -- Keyword

5.D.2.37. Genre/form Subject Search -- Keyword with Right Truncation

5.D.2.38. Genre/form Subject Search -- Exact Match

5.D.2.39. Genre/form Subject Search -- First Words in Field

5.D.2.40. Genre/form Subject Search -- First Characters in Field

5.D.2.SCAN. Functional Area D: Level 2 Use of SCAN

5.D.2.SCAN.1. Name -- Keyword

5.D.2.SCAN.2. Title -- Keyword

5.D.2.SCAN.3. Subject -- Keyword

6. References

Appendix A: Examples of Using Truncation and Completion

Appendix B: Extensible Markup Language (XML) Document Type Definition for Dublin Core Simple