This is correct. I'd bet it'd be like 10 lines of PHP or less, though. -Ross.
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 5:19 PM, Karen Coyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, Chad, it does help. And I think it helps me understand why I was a > bit confused by the suggestion, but let me see if I've gotten it: > > I asked about COinS. COinS (drat, hate uplow, from now on just coins) is > basically just a formatted string imbedded in the html that will be used by > an external program. There is no service that the OL site needs to provide > other than popping the context object in there in the right format. Very low > effort, from the open library's point of view. > > unAPI appears to require some lightweight services that would have to be > added to the OL site: basically, responding to the three possible unapi > requests. So we can't *just* add an unAPI to the html pages -- there's a bit > more work that needs to be done. > > Is this correct? > > Thanks, > kc > > Chad Fennell wrote: >> >> On Dec 2, 2008, at 4:21 PM, Karen Coyle wrote: >> >>> 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 >>> >> >> >> I put together a pretty basic unAPI interface (technically, a Drupal >> module) for our EthicShare project; you can see how the <abbr> tags are used >> there. Ex: >> >> http://ethicshare.org/publications/ethics?sc=publications >> >> embedded on the page, you'll find things like: <abbr class='unapi-id' >> title='http://ethicshare.org/unapi/374360'> >> >> There are a few other pieces, but you can see these in action there as >> well. Ex, >> >> http://ethicshare.org/unapi/ -tells clients what formats are available on >> the sever - I've only implemented RIS so far... >> >> http://ethicshare.org/unapi/?id=374360 - tells the client what formats are >> available for a given resource. >> >> http://ethicshare.org/unapi/?id=374360&format=ris - kind of >> self-explanatory. >> >> >> Hope that helps a little... >> >> Cheers, >> -Chad >> >> > > > -- > ----------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------------ >
