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Querystring key-value pairs valid for all NPDS web service URLs include:

Logical switches
- "af": Archive Format with af={1|0} or af={true|false} turns on/off response that includes additional content for archiving
- "cf": Check Format with cf={1|0} or tf={true|false} turns on/off response with schema validation
- "ef": Echo Format with ef={1|0} or ef={true|false} turns on/off response that includes a copy of the request URL
- "qf": Query Format with qf={1|0} or qf={true|false} turns on/off case-sensitive find intended for unique exact match instead of case-insensitive search for multiple partial matches
- "vf": Verbose Format with ef={1|0} or ef={true|false} turns on/off response with more detailed information
Integer values
- "lc": List Count with lc={value} sets maximum number of records returned in the response
String switches
- "mf": Message Format with mf={none|json|xml|xhtml} sets the response format for records returned in the response if supported by the server accessed.
- "rf": Resrep Format with rf={core|nexus|portal|doors|scribe} sets the resource representation format for the records returned in the response if supported by the server accessed; see pages 180-181 of the Metadata about Metadata article in Future Internet.

Querystring keys valid for NPDS query URLs include:

"enam": enam={value} filters records on the EntityName field
"enat": enat={value} filters records on the EntityNature field
"etag": etag={value} filters records on the EntityPrincipalTag field
"etyp": etyp={value} filters records on the EntityType field
"tagany": tagany={value} filters records on the EntityTag fields (either the EntityPrincipalTag or EntityAliasTags)
"tagsup": tagsup={value} filters records on the EntitySupportingTag fields
"labany": labany={value} filters records on the EntityLabel fields (either the EntityCanonicalLabel or EntityAliasLabels)
"labsup": labsup={value} filters records on the EntitySupportingLabel fields
"labcan": labcan={value} filters records on the EntityCanonicalLabel field
"labals": labals={value} filters records on the EntityAliasLabel fields

Forwarding/caching only partially implemented at www.portaldoors.org currently not all requests should return records from all sites; please check also the originating authoritative site.