Comments on: Major enhancements for patron-REST http://www.blyberg.net/2006/01/26/major-enhancements-for-patron-rest/ A library-geek blog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:39:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Library Camp - Encouraging Patron Hacking at ebyblog http://www.blyberg.net/2006/01/26/major-enhancements-for-patron-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-356 Library Camp - Encouraging Patron Hacking at ebyblog Sun, 16 Apr 2006 23:59:53 +0000 http://www.blyberg.net/2006/01/26/major-enhancements-for-patron-rest/#comment-356 [...] Getting data out of the OPAC to play with. The simplist would be modifying templates to have microformats for scraping. More advanced options include AADL’s REST interface, OpenSearch, RSS/ATOM, SRU, etc. Lots of potential services, some of which overlap. Things like the III XML server help make these services possible. [...] [...] Getting data out of the OPAC to play with. The simplist would be modifying templates to have microformats for scraping. More advanced options include AADL’s REST interface, OpenSearch, RSS/ATOM, SRU, etc. Lots of potential services, some of which overlap. Things like the III XML server help make these services possible. [...]

]]> By: blyberg.net » Conversational Programming http://www.blyberg.net/2006/01/26/major-enhancements-for-patron-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-233 blyberg.net » Conversational Programming Wed, 22 Feb 2006 19:59:35 +0000 http://www.blyberg.net/2006/01/26/major-enhancements-for-patron-rest/#comment-233 [...] Mashups are about individual empowerment. As libraries, we need to be able to step right in and lend tools to our users that will allow them to start creating these unintended uses. Again, this requires us to have… that’s right, suitable APIs! The PatREST project I’m working in strives to do just that and I’m so grateful that Dave Pattern at Huddersfield has joined me. We’ve been able to create a bilateral push for this by producing near-identical results using two very different systems. [...] [...] Mashups are about individual empowerment. As libraries, we need to be able to step right in and lend tools to our users that will allow them to start creating these unintended uses. Again, this requires us to have… that’s right, suitable APIs! The PatREST project I’m working in strives to do just that and I’m so grateful that Dave Pattern at Huddersfield has joined me. We’ve been able to create a bilateral push for this by producing near-identical results using two very different systems. [...]

]]> By: john http://www.blyberg.net/2006/01/26/major-enhancements-for-patron-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-198 john Thu, 02 Feb 2006 04:03:48 +0000 http://www.blyberg.net/2006/01/26/major-enhancements-for-patron-rest/#comment-198 Ed, That's definately on the dockets. Casey, Thanks! Yes, I've heard whispers of NCIP before but never looked in to what it was. John Ed,
That’s definately on the dockets.

Casey,
Thanks! Yes, I’ve heard whispers of NCIP before but never looked in to what it was.

John

]]> By: casey http://www.blyberg.net/2006/01/26/major-enhancements-for-patron-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-196 casey Mon, 30 Jan 2006 02:04:27 +0000 http://www.blyberg.net/2006/01/26/major-enhancements-for-patron-rest/#comment-196 Re: an XML schema for patron circulation data/functions, yes, it has been done before. It's called NCIP: http://www.niso.org/standards/standard_detail.cfm?std_id=728 It may be way too complex for your needs, though -- just the standard is 118 pages long, and it was really geared towards automation of inter-library loans and self-checkout terminals. Horizon and TLC both come with implementations of NCIP. I'd be interested in seeing the XML schema you're using for holds/items out... Re: an XML schema for patron circulation data/functions, yes, it has been done before. It’s called NCIP:

http://www.niso.org/standards/standard_detail.cfm?std_id=728

It may be way too complex for your needs, though — just the standard is 118 pages long, and it was really geared towards automation of inter-library loans and self-checkout terminals.

Horizon and TLC both come with implementations of NCIP.

I’d be interested in seeing the XML schema you’re using for holds/items out…

]]> By: Edward Vielmetti http://www.blyberg.net/2006/01/26/major-enhancements-for-patron-rest/comment-page-1/#comment-195 Edward Vielmetti Sat, 28 Jan 2006 03:38:38 +0000 http://www.blyberg.net/2006/01/26/major-enhancements-for-patron-rest/#comment-195 Thanks John, this is all nice. When you get a change, write up the access to the feeds for new books and "hot items" through this kind of interface, and I'll switch my wall of books handling away from the RSS feed into this API. Thanks John, this is all nice.

When you get a change, write up the access to the feeds for new books and “hot items” through this kind of interface, and I’ll switch my wall of books handling away from the RSS feed into this API.

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