Hiya all... I'm interested in the possibility of contributing SRW/SRU web services interface/module to solr (see http://www.loc.gov/standards/sru/). SRW/SRU is the web service definition which is often used along-side or instead-of the more traditional Z39.50 protocol for cross/meta searching. a solr SRW/SRU interface would enable meta-search engines to transparently include solr repository search results by only configuring the base URL of the service. I've already got the much code to do much of whats needed (IE, CQL to Lucene query rewriters and code to generate the right stubs using axis etc). Actually, I might be up for creating a z3950 module too if anyone is interested?
So my first question really would be... Is anyone out there already working on such a beast? If so, do you need any help? Seems pointless to create a second add-on. I've searched the lists (Not in any great depth tho) and can't see any references to SRW/Z3959. Assuming nobody is, I've got some follow-up questions about the best way to package up what might be add-on modules.. is this list the right place to ask? Cheers for your time, e.
