[CODE4LIB] c4l 2009 Pre-conference Proposals
We currently have 5 pre-conference proposals - 2 full and 3 half day. If there are any more out there please speak up now! There will be a $25 charge for the preconference day to cover room charges and coffee breaks. For the list of proposed pre-conferences see: http://code4lib.org/node/266 Jean Jean Rainwater Co-Leader, Integrated Technology Services Brown University Library Providence, Rhode Island 02912 401.863.9031 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [CODE4LIB] COinS in OL?
Ed Summers wrote:
I guess the main thing I wanted to
communicate is that you could simply add:
link rel=alternate type=application/json
href=http://openlibrary.org/api/get?key=/b/{open-library-id}; /
to the head element in OpenLibrary HTML pages for books, and that
would go a long way to making machine readable data for books
discoverable by web clients.
Ed, the first thing that comes to my mind when I see this is: button.
Unless folks will be blindly crawling the OL* I don't know how they'll
get to a particular page to execute this code, except by being a person
searching and getting the web page. (If they are using the search API
they get back a list of IDs from which they'd create one or more 'get'
commands like this one.) A download button on the page would make sense,
but mainly if it downloaded into a usable format (EndNote, MARC). All
this to say that I don't get what the use case is for this particular
bit of code -- but I'm assuming you had one in mind. Please do tell!
* If anyone wants the whole OL database, json dumps are available:
http://openlibrary.org/dev/docs/jsondump
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Re: [CODE4LIB] COinS in OL?
Gabriel Farrell wrote: COinS would be great, but unAPI would be useful also. In the case of Zotero, for example, more information can be passed along with unAPI than with COinS. I agree. They are not mutually exclusive and can be used for quite different purposes. In my experience COinS is great for getting the data for OpenURL linking, but unAPI is much better for saving records and gives the client the power to decide what information it needs. --Ere -- Ere Maijala (Mr.) IT Research Specialist The National Library of Finland
Re: [CODE4LIB] COinS in OL?
Having a per-page link to get an alternate representation of a
resource is certainly helpful for some applications, and please do
support it, but don't consider the problem solved.
The primary weakness of this approach is that it works only if a page
is dedicated to a single resource.
COinS are still needed, in particular in situations in which multiple
resources are displayed on a page (like, for instance, in the search
results pages of most online systems or on pages such as
http://citeulike.org, or in a list of references such as in the
references section of many Wikipedia pages.)
- Godmar
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:21 PM, Ed Summers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:05 PM, Karen Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I asked about COinS because it's something I have vague knowledge of. (And I
assume it isn't too difficult to implement.) However, if there are other
services that would make a bigger difference, I invite you (all) to speak
up. It makes little sense to have this large quantity of bib data if it
isn't widely and easily usable.
Sorry to be overwhelming. I guess the main thing I wanted to
communicate is that you could simply add:
link rel=alternate type=application/json
href=http://openlibrary.org/api/get?key=/b/{open-library-id}; /
to the head element in OpenLibrary HTML pages for books, and that
would go a long way to making machine readable data for books
discoverable by web clients.
//Ed
[CODE4LIB] Conference Announcement: Creative Commons Tech Summit
For those of you interested in the metadata production and use in web technologies: Creative Commons will hold its second technology summit on December 12, 2008, in Cambridge, MA. The summit will focus on the application of Semantic Web technologies to Creative Commons', Science Commons' and ccLearn's missions. Topics covered will include ccREL/RDFa, the Neurocommons project and an update on the Universal Education Search (metadata-enhanced search) project. Full program information and registration at: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Creative_Commons_Technology_Summit_2008-12-12 The Technology Summits are about connecting the larger developer and technical community that’s sprung up around Creative Commons licenses and technology, so we want to provide a venue where people doing interesting work can share it. - Nathan Yergler, CTO Creative Commons is a non profit organization that builds tools that help realize the full potential of the commons in the age of digital networks. Launched at the end of 2002, Creative Commons licenses have set the standard for sharing cultural works (i.e., content, media, etc.), following in the footsteps of free and open source software. Over the past five years we have also actively developed and contributed to technologies that complement its public licenses, with the aim of using software to enhance the discoverability and practical [re]usability of content -- to help users manage content, as opposed to software designed to help content manage users (i.e., DRM). In 2006 Creative Commons launched Science Commons, a project applying similar principles to science and research. ccLearn was launched in 2007 to help minimize barriers to sharing and reuse of educational materials.
Re: [CODE4LIB] COinS in OL?
I've looked at unAPI, but I can't get a handle on what needs to be in the abbr. What would be useful? kc Ere Maijala wrote: Gabriel Farrell wrote: COinS would be great, but unAPI would be useful also. In the case of Zotero, for example, more information can be passed along with unAPI than with COinS. I agree. They are not mutually exclusive and can be used for quite different purposes. In my experience COinS is great for getting the data for OpenURL linking, but unAPI is much better for saving records and gives the client the power to decide what information it needs. --Ere -- --- Karen Coyle / Digital Library Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kcoyle.net ph.: 510-540-7596 skype: kcoylenet fx.: 510-848-3913 mo.: 510-435-8234
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