Re: [CODE4LIB] responsiveness and Wordpress

Hello All, Excellent discussion this. We've been plugging away at a responsive design for our library catalogue at UofT, and I've often wondered: are there any good responsive layouts and design patterns out there for catalogue searching? I've seen some really nice generic examples, such as t

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python web framework recommendations good when learning Python

I've been working on a project with django-tastypie (http://tastypieapi.org/) the last couple days. It's making it really easy to create RESTful web services that output JSON. Basically all you do is write your data models like you normally would with django, write classes that inherit tastypie

Re: [CODE4LIB] Worldcat schema.org & search API

Worldcat does have the "basic" API, which is "more" "open" (assuming your situation qualifies). At any rate, it's free and open to (non-commercial) non-subscribers. http://oclc.org/developer/documentation/worldcat-basic-api/using-api Searching isn't terribly sophisticated, but might suit your nee

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python web framework recommendations good when learning Python

I've never used Flask, but it looks quite slick and simple (compared with Django). It makes use of some other components (werkzeug, jinja, etc.) so your Flask skills could be repurposed. Depending on your operational environment, it may not be, uh, "enterprise-y" enough for some folks. -Mike O

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python web framework recommendations good when learning Python

On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 08:05:26PM -0400, William Denton wrote: > I have a fairly basic web service I want to hack on that would > manage some stuff (not too much) and feed out JSON in response to > request. I'd like to do it in Python so I can get to know the > language. > > StackOverflow is fil

Re: [CODE4LIB] Python web framework recommendations good when learning Python

Have a look at Tornado: http://www.tornadoweb.org/ It's our default "get something up and running quickly" Python framework. -Andrew On 2012-07-10, at 8:05 PM, William Denton wrote: > I have a fairly basic web service I want to hack on that would manage some > stuff (not too much) and feed ou

Re: [CODE4LIB] Worldcat schema.org & search API

On 7/10/12 4:02 PM, Richard Wallis wrote: But is it available to everyone, and is the data retrieved also usable as ODC-BY by any member of the Web public? Yes it is, and at this stage it is only available from within a html page. The "it" I was referring to was the API. Roy is telling me tha

[CODE4LIB] Python web framework recommendations good when learning Python

I have a fairly basic web service I want to hack on that would manage some stuff (not too much) and feed out JSON in response to request. I'd like to do it in Python so I can get to know the language. StackOverflow is filled with comparisons of Python web frameworks, but I wanted to get the s

Re: [CODE4LIB] Worldcat schema.org & search API

On 10 July 2012 23:13, Karen Coyle wrote: > On 7/10/12 2:10 PM, Roy Tennant wrote: > >> Uh...what? For the given use case you would be much better off simply >> using the WorldCat Search API response. Using it only to retrieve an >> identifier and then going and scraping the Linked Data out of a

[CODE4LIB] Job: Senior Developer at University of Pennsylvania

Reporting to the Director of Information Technologies and Digital Development, the position manages software development for multiple complex digital library projects. Implement, configure, and deploy software systems from vendors and other 3rd parties, and design, develop, and implement digital li

Re: [CODE4LIB] Worldcat schema.org & search API

On 7/10/12 2:10 PM, Roy Tennant wrote: Uh...what? For the given use case you would be much better off simply using the WorldCat Search API response. Using it only to retrieve an identifier and then going and scraping the Linked Data out of a WorldCat.org page is, at best, redundant. I do not co

Re: [CODE4LIB] Worldcat schema.org & search API

I think we have a catch-22 here. You need an OCLC developer license to use WC to "discover" WC URIs using an application; you need WC URIs (or other URIs that are not very diffuse on the Web) to make use of the OCLC linked data. The OCLC linked data is ODC-BY for anyone wishing to use the data,

[CODE4LIB] Primo Metadata

Hi, please bear with me for terminology, I'm not a librarian. I'm trying to improve the Zotero translator for Primo catalogs. The translator works decently well for books by looking at the PNX data we get by attaching &showPnx=true to the end of the item/detail view URL. Unfortunately, most librari

Re: [CODE4LIB] Worldcat schema.org & search API

Does the worldcat search api return the data as described with the schema.org and OCLC extension vocabularies? The use case mentioned extracting the RDFa data from those pages. Without knowing the answer to the leading question above, the mock solution addressed that condition. If one simply

Re: [CODE4LIB] Worldcat schema.org & search API

Uh...what? For the given use case you would be much better off simply using the WorldCat Search API response. Using it only to retrieve an identifier and then going and scraping the Linked Data out of a WorldCat.org page is, at best, redundant. As Richard pointed out, some use cases -- like the on

Re: [CODE4LIB] Worldcat schema.org & search API

The use case clarifies perfectly. Totally feasible. Well, I should say "totally feasible" with the caveat that I've never used the Worldcat Search API. Not letting that stop me, so long as it is what I imagine it is, then a developer should be able to perform a search, retrieve the response,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Worldcat schema.org & search API

Karen, RDFa and the basic schema.org vocabulary, plus the intention of the proposed library extension, are not OCLC specific - they are generic tools and techniques applicable across many domains. I would therefore avoid library focussed tool sites, which would run the risk of not keeping up with

Re: [CODE4LIB] Worldcat schema.org & search API

Kevin, if you misunderstand then I undoubtedly haven't been clear (let's at least share the confusion :-)). Here's the use case: PersonA wants to create a comprehensive bibliography of works by AuthorB. The goal is to do a search on AuthorB in WorldCat and extract the RDFa data from those page

Re: [CODE4LIB] Worldcat schema.org & search API

As for someone who might want to do this programmatically, he/she should take a look at the "Programming languages" section of the second link I sent along: http://schema.rdfs.org/tools.html There one can find Ruby, Python, and Java extractors and parsers capable of outputting RDF. A develop

Re: [CODE4LIB] Worldcat schema.org & search API

Thanks, Roy. I obviously never got there, but will visit in the future. kc On 7/10/12 12:57 PM, Roy Tennant wrote: Also, my colleague wishes me to point out that the email address and phone number of any OCLC staff member is only two clicks away from our home page. Go to "Contact us" which is a

[CODE4LIB] Chicagoland Drupal in Libraries July meeting

This message is being sent to multiple lists--please distribute to others who might it useful. The next Chicagoland Drupal in Libraries meeting will be held on Thursday, July 19 from 9:30-noon at Dominican University (7900 W. Division, River Forest, IL) in Crown 111 in the library (http://www.

[CODE4LIB] Second Toronto/GTA Meetup!

Hi All, I realize that summer means a lot of people are on holidays, but I still thought it'd be fun times to organize one over July/August. All the information is on the wiki: http://wiki.code4lib.org/index.php/North#Second_Meetup Please 1) Fill out the doodle to let me know what days you're av

Re: [CODE4LIB] Worldcat schema.org & search API

Hi Karen At this stage there is no specific api as such to get at the embedded RDFa data in WorldCat - you can use the normal UI of WorldCat itself or one of the WorldCat Search API options such as OpenSearch. This experimen

Re: [CODE4LIB] Worldcat schema.org & search API

Also, my colleague wishes me to point out that the email address and phone number of any OCLC staff member is only two clicks away from our home page. Go to "Contact us" which is an option along the top on every page, then "Contact OCLC Staff" which is in the sidebar and also a link on the page as

[CODE4LIB] Worldcat schema.org & search API

I have demonstrated the schema.org/RDFa microdata in the WC database to various folks and the question always is: how do I get access to this? (The only source I have is the Facebook API, me being a "user" rather than a "maker".) The microdata is CC-BY once you get a Worldcat URI, but is there

[CODE4LIB] Interested in attending KohaCon13?

Hi all, Each year the location for KohaCon is picked by Koha community members. For those of you interested in joining us for KohaCon 2013, the voting on venue is now open! To review the full proposals please read here: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Kohacon2013 and then visit: http://survey