Service: Service Function

This property is: Optional.

Definition

The type of the service.

Examples

Examples of values for this property, and an explanation of the reasoning for the values.
Value Explanation
Alert The Archives Hub Collection of the Month news channel service is an alerting service.
Alert The Zetoc Alert request service is an alerting service.
Find The service function for the University of Bradford Library Catalogue Z39.50 Search service.
Harvest The two service functions for the IESR OAI-PMH Service.
Request
Locate The service function for the Copac OpenURL Link-To Resolveris Locate.

Guidelines

The terms used for this property are defined by the IESR Service Type List.

Some likely service functions include:

Examples of Service Functions for different service Access Methods.
Service Access Method Service Function
ftp Contribute
Request
ldap Locate
oai-pmh Harvest
Request
opengis Find
opensearch Find
openurl Locate
rss Alert
rsync Request
soap Request
sru Find
srw Find
webcgi Find
z3950 Find

See the IESR Service Type List for a full list of likely service functions.

Occurrence

Repeatable: there may be multiple values for this property. Choose zero, one, or more values using the check boxes.