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This data (the Tic-Tocs RSS URLs) is also available via xISSN. For example: <http://xissn.worldcat.org/webservices/xid/issn/1095-9203?method=getMetadata &format=xml&fl=*> Look for the "rssurl" attribute. For information on xISSN see: <http://xissn.worldcat.org/xissnadmin/> Roy On 6/11/09 6/11/09 € 12:36 PM, "Derik Badman" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 2:03 PM, Jon Gorman <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > >> I guess the first question is if it is really necessary to use a text >> file? I'm not entirely clear on this process, but perhaps the text >> file could be imported into a database. > > > At this point the text file is a stop-gap api that ticTOCs is offering > (supposedly working an actual api), so this will probably be a temporary > situation. I could put all the data into mysql, though then I'd have to > figure out how to check the text file for changes and then update the > database accordingly. > > >> Then of course perhaps there's some way to add this to the Serials >> Solution database directly? Then you don't need another javascript at >> all? > > > I'm so disillusioned with them, that I didn't even consider that... > > > >> cron + wget/curl would be a good first step it would seem. You might >> want some sort of script that monitors changes or the like. (Maybe >> send you an email if there's no updates in x days or something like >> that). > > > Thanks, I'll look into that. > --