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# Search protocols
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/search-protocols/
- Published: 2006-10-31T22:27:34.000Z
- Updated: 2020-10-28T09:39:27.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Systems

Ralph Levan has a succinct article in the current Information Technology and Libraries explicating the current profusion of search protocols by placing them on a continuum of complexity. Here is the e-print.

> LeVan, Ralph. 2006\. “OpenSearch and SRU: A Continuum of Searching.” Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL), 25,3 (September): 151-153\. Pre-print available online at: [https://www.oclc.org/research/publications/archive/2006/levan-ital.pdf](https://www.oclc.org/research/publications/archive/2006/levan-ital.pdf?ref=lorcandempsey.net) (.pdf: 42K/4 pp.)

Incidentally, this article is a contribution to the celebration of Fred Kilgour’s role in establishing *Information Technology and Libraries*.