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I've seen the inside of this tech, and I have to say it is really neat and useful. This is a nice tool to have in your toolbox if you want to build machine APIs to systems that don't have machine APIs: Wikipedia, arXiv, CiteSeer, etc. Peter /me was not paid for this endorsement. On Jan 18, 2013, at 1:48 PM, Sebastian Hammer <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hey guys, > > I hope I'll be forgiven for making what is essentially a commercial post > -- it is just that the subject matter is so much inspired by our work > with library developers, I'd feel like a chump not to mention it. > Apologies, then; I will keep it short. > > Basically, we've launched a service for libraries that are building > portals, mashups, federation, metasearching, whatever needs access to > remote discovery systems. It is designed to get around the hassle that > 80% of the things that I usually want to search don't offer SRU, Z39.50, > or even for that matter a private API. Our service basically exposes > 'just about anything' that we can possibly get to. We make it available > to your application through your choice of Z39.50 or SRU. We normalize > query formats and record representations; we work with custom APIs, deal > with broken SRU servers and half-broken Z39.50, we screen-scrape, we > deal with authentication, etc. If we don't already have a connector, > we'll make one at no extra charge; if it breaks later, we'll fix it. > > Feel free to contact me off-list if you're interested in trying it out. > > http://www.indexdata.com/masterkey-connect/ > > Cheers, > > --Sebastian -- Peter Murray Assistant Director, Technology Services Development LYRASIS [log in to unmask] +1 678-235-2955 1438 West Peachtree Street NW Suite 200 Atlanta, GA 30309 Toll Free: 800.999.8558 Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org LYRASIS: Great Libraries. Strong Communities. Innovative Answers.