Hallo all... I'll happily volunteer to look into this as a stand-alone project if there's sufficient interest... any others interested? I've a pretty good idea about the internals of JZKit, don't think it would be too major a task... I assume that a z server based on OL data could be hosted anywhere? I'll have a go with the test data first off.
Cheers, Ian. On 10 May 2010 15:44, MJ Suhonos <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I actually raised the same question on the NGC4lib list a few months ago, and > received this response: > > "Also, re: Z39.50 on the Open Library - I think this is a profoundly > bad idea. We would be talking about an entirely new > service/ecosystem, why build it on top of a protocol that 99% of the > world knows nothing about and cares to know nothing about? Libraries > need to think more about how to integrate better with the rest of the > world: Z39.50 isn't exactly going to get us there." > > Now, I disagree with this view, and I happen to think that a Z39.50 interface > to OL would be potentially useful as an open, alternative source of > cataloguing information. However, it seems to me the gap that needs to be > addressed is providing responses in a standard that libraries can use. > > For drop-in interoperation with most systems, this would be MARC or MARCXML, > so it would require mapping the internal OL schema to MARC, and then putting > Z39.50 in front of that. I doubt that's on the roadmap, but as the saying > goes, the code *is* open source. :-) > > Also, as a related follow-up on this point, there is a feature request filed > to export Dublin Core: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/openlibrary/+bug/277509 > > I have to offer a *very* strong second to this request — DC export is > critical for OL interoperability, and the very minimum that the API should be > able to export (even just by setting a parameter). If someone who knows > Python could implement this crosswalk (which Karen has already done), that > would be a huge step forward. > > MJ > > On 2010-05-07, at 3:38 PM, Christensen, David A. (CHT) wrote: > >> Hi all - new to the list, and exploring the tech behind the Open >> Library... :-) >> >> Is the Open Library searchable via z39.50? >> >> Thanks, >> -- >> David A. Christensen Phone: (204) 726-6870 >> Technnology Consultant Toll-free MB: 1-888-226-8014 >> Manitoba Public Library Services FAX: (204) 726-6868 >> http://library.gov.mb.ca Email: [email protected] >> _______________________________________________ >> Ol-tech mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >> [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Ol-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > [email protected] > -- Ian Ibbotson Director Knowledge Integration Ltd 35 Paradise Street, Sheffield. S3 8PZ T: 0114 273 8271 M: 07968 794 630 W: http://www.k-int.com _______________________________________________ Ol-tech mailing list [email protected] http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to [email protected]
