> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Adam Brin
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 2:29 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Z39.50 for III Database?
>
> BTW, one other solution comes to mind, III supports an XML format
> request
> from the OPAC (it has to be configured in the wwwoptions to enable, but
> you *should* be able to request bib's/items via:
>
> <catalog_url>/xrecord=b100200
> <catalog_url>/xrecord=i102345
>
> eg.
> http://tripod.brynmawr.edu/xrecord=b1005614
>
> I believe it's III's xml (as opposed to marcXML, but it might be
> preferable (and easier). It's essentially a poor man's rest interface.
>
> - adam
[BZ] You don't have it unless you have purchased the XML server product, right?

Bin

>
> On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 06:32:02PM -0400, Godmar Back wrote:
> > If I may follow up on an earlier discussion [ relevant parts are
> > included below ] regarding how to extract holdings information from
> > III or other catalogs.
> >
> > I have one thing to offer and 1 thing to request. I'll start with the
> > offering: MAJAX. MAJAX is a JavaScript library that screenscrapes III
> > catalogs and can include the results so obtained into any document
> > served from the same domain. URL of the current code is
> > http://libx.org/majax/majax.html ; a demo is at
> > http://libx.org/majax/majaxtest4.html )
> >
> > After an initial, somewhat clumsy approach, we've now adopted an
> > approach that's similar to COinS. For instance, to include holdings
> > information for a book into a website, all you have to do is include
> a
> > <span class="majax-showholdings" title="iXXXXXXXXX"></span> in your
> > HTML, and include MAJAX via a single <script> element, which will
> > result in that SPAN being replaced with the holdings of the book with
> > ISBN XXXXXXX. Also support bibrecord number and title.
> > It's so easy a cave librarian could do it. It can be done directly
> > from the WebBridge management panel for those of you have are damned
> > to use WebBridge. Of course, the underlying JavaScript API is still
> > available for more advanced users. MAJAX has been released under the
> > LGPL.
> >
> > Now for the thing to request. Are there any reusable, open source
> > scripts out there that implements a REST interface that screenscrapes
> > or otherwise efficiently accesses a III catalog? David and James have
> > provided links, but no code. I would be grateful for anything I could
> > reuse and don't have to reimplement.
> >
> > Here's what I envision:
> >
> > Interface: REST
> >
> > Input: search terms/type - maybe OpenURL v0.1-syntax, or another
> > adopted standard, or something custom, but ideally simple.
> >
> > Output: XML - maybe Marc XML with 852 (or whatever the number is)
> > holdings records - similar to what David's screen scrape test
> > provides. Ideally XML that comes with a schema and validates against
> > it. Maybe JSON like James's scripts (?)
> >
> > Implementation: Something that a cave librarian could deploy - good
> > candidates are PhP and possibly Perl-based cgi, but one could
> conceive
> > of others. Nothing that requires elaborate server setups or
> installing
> > custom frameworks.
> >
> > Thank you for any pointers/suggestions you may have.
> >
> > - Godmar
> >
> > On 3/4/07, Birkin James Diana <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >On Mar 1, 2007, at 5:23 PM, Walker, David wrote:
> > >
> > >> http://walkertr.csusm.edu/scrape/test.htm
> > >
> > >Very cool; works on our III catalog!
> > >
> > >Nathan Mealy -- I also used the screenscrape method to get info we
> > >needed for a couple of ISBN-based projects, not knowing at the time
> > >about the yaz-z39.50-OPAC option.
> > >
> > >By implementing this in the form of a web-service, I can switch the
> > >work-horse code without affecting other apps, and minimize session
> > >concerns.
> > >
> > ><http://dl.lib.brown.edu/soa_services/josiah_status/examples.php>
> > ><http://dl.lib.brown.edu/soa_services/josiah_status/tests/
> > >InfoHolderTest.php>
> > >
> > >(The returned json info is more comprehensible via view-source.)
> > >
> > >---
> > >Birkin James Diana
> > >Programmer, Web Services
> > >Brown University Library
> > >[log in to unmask]
> > >