> It is also my understanding that while the Voyager NCIP API supports
> their ILL product, it was not meant to serve as a general purpose NCIP
> API.  I believe that that accounts for the lack of (customer)
> documentation.  Back in March of 2004, the then Endeavor Voyager
> Product Manager discussed their plans for further development of
> Voyager's NCIP API, and I don't think things have changed much since
> then [1].  If you've heard (or know) different, please let us (Voyager
> customers) know.  I've had my eye on NCIP as an API for quite some
> time.

Michael - thanks for the feedback.  I agree with everyone else that NCIP is not the killer app with ILS interoperability - but it's the closest thing we have at this moment.  What I am invisioning with VuFind is a base class that does NCIP functionality and then specialized classes for each ILS that tweaks the NCIP messages.

From what I have heard - Voyager 7 is supposed to have a much fuller NCIP implementation and I believe the same story for SirsiDynix.  But these are just that - stories.  Also I believe both Evergreen and Koha have NCIP as well.

Andrew