File formats:

Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Authors:

R. Denenberg
J. Kunze
D. Lynch

Stream:

[Legacy]

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC2056

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Abstract

Z39.50 is an information retrieval protocol that does not fit neatly into a retrieval model designed primarily around the stateless fetch of data. Instead, it models a general user inquiry as a session-oriented, multi-step task, any step of which may be suspended temporarily while the server requests additional parameters from the client before continuing. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.