The BIBP Protocol (cont)

• Transactions: HTTP GET, HTTP POST
  • Request-Response
  • Stateless
• Data (payloads):
  • Resolution requests: USINs, location info, format specifiers
  • Resolution responses: item descriptions (various formats: HTML, XML, RDF, BibTeX)
  • Contribution requests: bibliographic metadata (BibTeX, XML)
  • Contribution responses: success/failure reports