Service: Interface

This property is: Required.

Definition

A resource that provides interface information about the service, such as available inputs and outputs, in a machine readable format.

Examples of values for this property, and an explanation of the reasoning for the values.
Value	Explanation
http://edina.ac.uk/z-targets/edina-biosis-zeerex.xml	The URL of the ZeeRex file for the EDINA BIOSIS Z39.50 target.
http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/soap/zetocsoap.wsdl	The WSDL file for the Zetoc SOAP service.

The URL of a resource that provides interface information about the service, such as available inputs and outputs, in a machine readable format.

Note that this property is only relevant for SOAP, SRU, SRW, Web-cgi and Z39.50 services, and it is required for these services.

For SOAP services this is a single WSDL or WSIL file.
For SRU services this is a single ZeeRex file.
For SRW services this is both a ZeeRex and a WSDL file.
For Web-cgi services the IESR team will create a single file according to an IESR-defined XML schema. In the future this will be a WSDL file for Web-cgi services. Please contact us if you need to describe a Web-cgi service.
For Z39.50 services this is a single ZeeRex file.

URLs must be fully specified, including "http://" and any trailing slashes ("/").

Not repeatable for SOAP, SRU, Web-cgi and Z39.50 services: there may be only one value for this property. Enter the value into the text box.

Repeatable for SRW services: there may be two values for this property. Enter each value into its own text box.

Not relevant for other services.