So, for your example, starting here: http://openlibrary.org/books/OL24187726M/Guy_Mannering
It's currently two clicks to get the MARC/XML for the e-book, but that could be reduced to a single click. Would it be better to just incorporate it into the page on the site (down with the rest of the "download catalog record" options) rather than having it as a browser plugin? Who is the target consumer of these records? Tom On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Karen Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: > Tom, > > I was thinking of starting at an ol Edition page. So someone would > discover the book they want using OL, and then could click on a plug-in > that would grab the OL ID, create the relevant URL (I'm assuming the one > formatted as "_archive_marc"). At that point, I think it would be ideal > if the URL was opened in a new browser window. At that point, the user > would have to save the MARC XML from the browser page. Even better would > be if instead of a page it created an actual download to a file. > > Clear? > > kc > > On 6/17/13 10:34 AM, Tom Morris wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:31 AM, Karen Coyle <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > > The other thing is that it would be great to have a browser plug-in > that > > creates this from any page with an archive ID. Does that sound > feasible? > > If so, I think I'll start a section of the projects page for > "proposed > > projects." > > > > > > Can you give an example of a starting point? I'm unclear on what you > > would like. > > > > There's already a link to the e-edition MARC/XML on this page: > > http://archive.org/details/cu31924075867089 > > > > A link could be added here as well: > > http://openlibrary.org/show-records/ia:cu31924075867089 but I'm not sure > > if you're talking about starting at an archive.org <http://archive.org> > > page, an OpenLibrary page, or an arbitrary page on the web. > > > > Tom > > > > > > -- > Karen Coyle > [email protected] http://kcoyle.net > ph: 1-510-540-7596 > m: 1-510-435-8234 > skype: kcoylenet > _______________________________________________ > 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] >
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