Eric and Jonathan, thank you very much for the lead!

Matthias

Eric Lease Morgan schrieb:
> On 2/19/09 4:08 PM, "Matthias Einbrodt" <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>   
>> I'm interested in your opinion regarding the question which (kind of)
>> APIs an OPAC should provide nowadays and in the near or maybe not so
>> near future!
>>     
>
> "Should" is a strong word, but be that as it may, you might take a gander at
> the things a DLF task force (ILS-DI Task Group) has been putting together in
> this regard. [1] There are a number of suggestions there such as API's for:
> search, scan, dissemination, get authority records, item look-up, etc. In
> most cases the APIs are RESTful in nature and advocate existing protocols.
>
> [1] http://www.diglib.org/architectures/ilsdi/
>
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> Eric Lease Morgan
> Head, Digital Access and Information Architecture Department
> Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame
>
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