Re: [CODE4LIB] Something completely different

2009-04-08 Thread Alex Osborne
Hi Peter, Peter Schlumpf wrote: What I had in mind for something different is this: Think of a single database of only associations between objects, and nothing more than that. If I'm understanding you correctly, what you have in mind is a triplestore. A database for storing purely

[CODE4LIB] Career Opportunity

2009-04-08 Thread Vernon Chapman
The National Agricultural Library is looking for a systems librarian to work in our Acquisitions Collection development branch. This individual will have the prime responsibility for integrating the Voyager ILS application into our Acquisitions workflow. The individual should be skilled in

Re: [CODE4LIB] 2009 WorldCat Mashathon in Amsterdam

2009-04-08 Thread Karen Coyle
Roy, can anyone attend, even if not from OCLC member institutions? Also, it looks like only member institutions can use the API, but I may have mis-read -- is that the case? kc Roy Tennant wrote: Join fellow coders for a WorldCat Mashathon in Amsterdam, May 13-14. Sponsored by the OCLC

Re: [CODE4LIB] 2009 WorldCat Mashathon in Amsterdam

2009-04-08 Thread Roy Tennant
The WorldCat Mashathon is not limited to OCLC member institutions, and we certainly had non-OCLC participants at the New York event. We have many APIs, some of which are open to anyone to use and others that require a key. Again, depending on the API, for some you may need to qualify for access to

Re: [CODE4LIB] 2009 WorldCat Mashathon in Amsterdam

2009-04-08 Thread Tim Spalding
Roy, I know there was some grumbling last time that temporary keys switched off almost the minute the conference was over. It might be more attractive if WorldCat committed to allowing mashups built during mashup events—which aren't in conflict with some rule or otherwise unattractive to OCLC,

Re: [CODE4LIB] 2009 WorldCat Mashathon in Amsterdam

2009-04-08 Thread Roy Tennant
Right, but I also want to point out that those service levels only apply to the WorldCat Search API. We have many other APIs, for which those service levels don't apply. Roy On 4/8/09 4/8/09 • 4:00 PM, Karen Coyle li...@kcoyle.net wrote: Thanks, Roy. Shortly after you answered I stumbled upon

Re: [CODE4LIB] 2009 WorldCat Mashathon in Amsterdam

2009-04-08 Thread Karen Coyle
Is there a full list of API's somewhere? The only other one I find with a search is xISBN... and possibly an ILL API. kc Roy Tennant wrote: Right, but I also want to point out that those service levels only apply to the WorldCat Search API. We have many other APIs, for which those service

Re: [CODE4LIB] 2009 WorldCat Mashathon in Amsterdam

2009-04-08 Thread Roy Tennant
On 4/8/09 4/8/09 € 6:58 PM, Karen Coyle li...@kcoyle.net wrote: Is there a full list of API's somewhere? The only other one I find with a search is xISBN... and possibly an ILL API. See http://worldcat.org/devnet/wiki/Services although we'll be adding quite a bit to that list over the coming

Re: [CODE4LIB] Something completely different

2009-04-08 Thread Alexander Johannesen
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 22:38, Dr R. Sanderson azar...@liverpool.ac.uk wrote: I would encourage looking at rdf triplestores seriously, if the graph approach is the direction that you want to go in. Or, Topic Maps which is *not* a triplestore, closer to the OO model (basically a meta data model),

Re: [CODE4LIB] Something completely different

2009-04-08 Thread stuart yeates
Alexander Johannesen wrote: On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 22:38, Dr R. Sanderson azar...@liverpool.ac.uk wrote: I would encourage looking at rdf triplestores seriously, if the graph approach is the direction that you want to go in. Or, Topic Maps which is *not* a triplestore, closer to the OO model

Re: [CODE4LIB] Something completely different

2009-04-08 Thread Alexander Johannesen
On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 14:33, stuart yeates stuart.yea...@vuw.ac.nz wrote: That's not an entirely useful comparison on topic maps and RDF. If I indented to be useful I'd write something substantial, backed up with stuff other than humour. I'll give that a go the next time. :) We currently use