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Roy, Just to clarify, you have to be an OCLC cataloging member to use this beyond 100 uses per day, correct? Thanks, Annette On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 4:48 PM, Roy Tennant<[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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. >> > > -- >