> Actually, it comes with the OPAC as far as I know.  We don't have the XML
> server.

yeah, it comes with the stock innopac; the returned xml is the same as
that from the (defunct) xml server, and there are xslts that can convert
it to marcxml, mods, dc, etc.

it may not have all the info that godmar wants tho....my first thought
was to suggest the xrecord stuff too :)

rc

> - adam
>
> On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 02:51:04PM -0700, Bin Zhang wrote:
>>> -----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]
>>>>>
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