question on Identify

[Ray Plante]

Hi Kevin,   

While responding to the question about getRegistry(), I was looking over 
the text of section 3.1.5 which discusses the OAI Identify operation.  
Though I suspect I wrote this text, I have to say I don't understand the 
3rd sentence of the first paragraph (regarding oai:baseURL) and the note 
that follows.  Do you?

In the OAI spec, the oai:baseURL is supposed to be the base URL for the 
"traditional" (HTTP GET) OAI interface.  How are we supposed to get the 
HTTP GET endpoint from the Web Service endpoint?  (Particularly if the Web 
Service interface is optional?)  

Barring some explanation, I would suggest the we change this to say that 
the oai:baseURL to be exactly what the OAI spec requires--i.e. it point to 
the HTTP GET endpoint.  I can recommend some text.

Also, I don't see any text that says whether the Web Service version is 
required or optional.  What was our decision in the end?

cheers,
Ray