I also have a question. Is the OAI-PMH data provider supposed to deliver MARC records (in XML) as well as the mandatory unqualified Dublin Core? Any other metadata schemas/formats?
Thanks.
Caroline Arms
Library of Congress
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>>> Peter Brantley <[log in to unmask]> 04/10/08 5:47 PM >>>
herbert -
it is my hope that the "url specification" will include an openurl
specification.
pb
On 4/10/08 2:39 PM, "Herbert Van de Sompel" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> hi all
>
> Is there someone out there who can enlighten me re whether or how
> OpenURL, a standard created specifically for the purpose of linking by
> this very community, plays into the Linking bit of this effort?
>
> Cheers
>
> Herbert
>
>
> Peter Brantley wrote:
>> The DLF, and major vendors and application developers in the library
>> software marketplace, have announced a major agreement to develop
>> standardized, interoperable interfaces for basic operations supporting
>> search and retrieval of bibliographic items.
>>
>> Standardized interfaces that work across different ILSs make it easier
>> for libraries to add new applications, both open-source and vendor-
>> supplied, that advance their customers' needs. Libraries seek interfaces
>> that allow ILS data to be aggregated for indexing and search, that allow
>> real-time search and query of ILS data, that support customer
>> information and borrower services, and that allow embedding and
>> interaction between OPACs and search interfaces.
>>
>> The agreement has the support of the following vendors and
>> developers:
>>
>> # Talis
>> # Ex Libris
>> # LibLime
>> # BiblioCommons
>> # SirsiDynix
>> # Polaris Library Systems
>> # VTLS
>> # California Digital Library
>> # OCLC
>> # Serial Solutions / AquaBrowser
>>
>> The initial announcement is here:
>> http://blogs.lib.berkeley.edu/shimenawa.php/2008/04/04/ils_basic_discovery
>>
>> -------
>>
>> I want to credit the work of those most associated with this effort,
>> the DLF ILS Discovery Interface task force:
>>
>> * John Mark Ockerbloom, Univ. of Penn. (chair)
>> * Terry Reese, Oregon State Univ.
>> * Patricia Martin, California Digital Library
>> * Emily Lynema, North Carolina State Univ.
>> * Todd Grappone, Univ. of Southern California
>> * Dave Kennedy, Univ. of Maryland
>> * David Bucknum, Library of Congress
>> * Dianne McCutcheon, National Library of Medicine
>>
>> assisted by the following individuals:
>>
>> * Dale Flecker, Harvard Univ.
>> * Terry Ryan, UCLA
>> * Robert Wolven, Columbia Univ.
>> * Martin Kurth, Cornell Univ.
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>>
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