Bath Profile compliance checklist
Find information about bath profile compliance for Z39.50 access in FirstSearch.
| Bath Profile requirement | OCLC FirstSearch compliance | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Profile Requirements | |||
| 1. | Z39.50 version 2 or version 3 standard support | yes | The OCLC FirstSearch server is version 3 compliant. |
| 2. | Type 1 query support | yes | |
| 3. | Bib 1 attribute support | yes | |
| Functional Area A—Bibliographic Search and Retrieval | |||
| General Requirements | |||
| 4. | Record syntax support (UNIMARC or MARC21) AND (SUTRS or XML) |
yes | The OCLC FirstSearch server supports SUTRS for all databases. XML support is available for WorldCat only. |
| 5. | "Any" (use=1016) search contains author, title, and subject access points | yes | |
| 6. | Named result set support | yes | |
| 7. | Boolean operators AND/OR/NOT | yes | |
| 8. | Processing of all six attributes as sent | yes | |
| Level 0 Searches | |||
| 9. | Author Search—Precision Match for Established Name Heading (5.A.0.1) |
yes | |
| 10. | Title Search—Keyword (5.A.0.2) | yes | |
| 11. | Subject Search—Keyword (5.A.0.3) | yes | |
| 12. | Any Search—Keyword (5.A.0.4) | yes | |
| Level 1 General Requirements | |||
| 13. | Truncation | yes | The OCLC FirstSearch server supports the following truncation attributes: 1, 100, 101, and 104. |
| 14. | Scan service support | yes | |
| 15. | Character set and language negotiation | no | Character set provided is UTF-8 |
| Level 1 Searches | |||
| 16. | Author Search—Precision Match for Established Name Heading (5.A.1.1) | yes | |
| 17. | Author Search—Keyword (5.A.1.2) | yes | |
| 18. | Author Search—Keyword with Right Truncation (5.A.1.3) | yes | |
| 19. | Author Search—Exact Match (5.A.1.4) | yes | |
| 20. | Title Search—Keyword with Right Truncation (5.A.1.5) | yes | |
| 21. | Title Search—Exact Match (5.A.1.6) | yes | |
| 22. | Title Search—First Words in Field (5.A.1.7) | yes | |
| 23. | Title Search—First Characters in Field (5.A.1.8) | yes | |
| 24. | Subject Search—Keyword with Right Truncation (5.A.1.9) | yes | |
| 25. | Subject Search—Exact Match (5.A.1.10) | yes | |
| 26. | Subject Search—First Words in Field (5.A.1.11) | yes | |
| 27. | Subject Search—First Characters in Field (5.A.1.12) | yes | |
| 28. | Any Search—Keyword with Right Truncation (5.A.1.13) | yes | |
| 29. | Standard Identifier Search (5.A.1.14) | yes | |
| 30. | Date of Publication Search (5.A.1.15) | yes | |
| Level 1 Scans | |||
| 31. | Author—Exact Match (5.A.1SCAN.1) | yes | |
| 32. | Title—Exact Match (5.A.1SCAN.2) | yes | |
| 33. | Title—Keyword (5.A.1SCAN.3) | yes | |
| 34. | Subject—Exact Match (5.A.1SCAN.4) | yes | |
| 35. | Subject—Keyword (5.A.1SCAN.5) | yes | |
| 36. | Any—Keyword (5.A.1SCAN.6) | yes | |
| Functional Area B—Bibliographic Holdings Search and Retrieval | |||
| Level 0 | |||
| 37. | Holdings embedded in bibliographic records | yes | |
| Functional Area C—Cross-Domain Search and Retrieval | |||
| Level 0 | |||
| 38. | Record syntax support SUTRS or XML |
yes | The OCLC FirstSearch server supports SUTRS for all databases. XML support is available for WorldCat only. |
| 39. | Creator Search—Keyword (5.C.0.1) | yes | |
| 40. | Title Search—Keyword (5.C.0.2) | yes | |
| 41. | Subject Search—Keyword (5.C.0.3) | yes | |
| 42. | Any Search—Keyword (5.C.0.4) | yes | |
| Level 1 | |||
| 43. | Record syntax support SUTRS or XML (using Dublin Core Simple DTD) |
yes | The OCLC FirstSearch server supports SUTRS for all databases. XML support is available for WorldCat only. |
| 44. | Creator Search—Keyword with Right Truncation (5.C.1.1) | yes | |
| 45. | Title Search—Keyword with Right Truncation (5.C.1.2) | yes | |
| 46. | Title Search—Unanchored Phrase (5.C.1.3) | no | Proximity searching can be used. |
| 47. | Subject Search—Keyword with Right Truncation (5.C.1.4) | yes | |
| 48. | Subject Search—Unanchored Phrase (5.C.1.5) | no | Proximity searching can be used. |
| 49. | Any Search—Keyword with Right Truncation (5.C.1.6) | yes | |
| 50. | Any Search—Unanchored Phrase (5.C.1.7) | no | Proximity searching can be used. |
| 51. | Standard Identifier Search (5.C.1.8) | yes | |
| 52. | Date of Publication Search (5.C.1.9) | yes | |
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