Re: [CODE4LIB] MARCXML - What is it for?

2010-11-19 Thread Smith,Devon
I saw a similar speedup when I switched from an OO approach to a more functional style. Using MARC::Record, it was taking a lot longer to run some data than I wanted. I rewrote my script, with ad-hoc functional code. And though I can't give a real rate increase, because I never bothered to wait

Re: [CODE4LIB] MARCXML - What is it for?

2010-10-27 Thread Smith,Devon
One way is to first transform the MARC into MARC-XML. Then you can use XSLT to crosswalk the MARC-XML into that other schema. Very handy. Your criticisms of MARC-XML all seem to presume that MARC-XML is the goal, the end point in the process. But MARC-XML is really better seen as a utility,

Re: [CODE4LIB] Code4Lib North planning continues

2010-04-08 Thread Smith,Devon
I think a good compromise is to have local meeting conversations on the code4libcon google group. It keeps the conversations in a central place initiallty created to faciliate face to face meetings. /dev -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries on behalf of Ed Summers Sent: Wed

Re: [CODE4LIB] newbie

2010-03-24 Thread Smith,Devon
Language choice where there are no decisive external factors - like business requirements - is tricky. For most programmers, the language we prefer is nothing more than that - a preference. But new programmers by definition don't know enough to have a preference. If you're a free spirit and like

Re: [CODE4LIB] T-shirt Design Contest

2010-01-04 Thread Smith,Devon
There is a cafepress store front for code4lib. There's nothing in it at the moment. http://www.cafepress.com/code4lib Last year I suggested that all tshirts be put in the store. Then I forgot all about it. Oops, my bad. Tentative guidelines: - The contest and the store are separate. You can

Re: [CODE4LIB] MIME Type for MARC, Mods, etc.?

2009-02-04 Thread Smith,Devon
Rather than defining new media types, I was thinking it would make more sense to add a schema and/or namespace parameter to text/xml or application/xml. Then you could use those types and append the parameter to indicate the specific structure of the content. Just a though, Devon

Re: [CODE4LIB] MIME Type for MARC, Mods, etc.?

2009-02-04 Thread Smith,Devon
just pass arbitrary data with any request. I had this same idea for embedding other content types within Atom feeds, but... no go. -Ross. On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Smith,Devon smit...@oclc.org wrote: Rather than defining new media types, I was thinking it would make more sense to add

Re: [CODE4LIB] place for code examples?

2008-03-28 Thread Smith,Devon
Perhaps http://codepad.org/about ? (although it doesn't support php yet.) -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith Jenkins Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 5:08 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: [CODE4LIB] place for code examples? Does

[CODE4LIB] Code4lib lightning talk slides

2008-03-04 Thread Smith,Devon
I've created a page on code4lib.org for people to load/link their lightning talk slides. http://code4lib.org/conference/2008/lightning Anyone who has an account can log in and add their presentation. /dev Devon Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Consulting Software Engineer, Office of Research OCLC Online

Re: [CODE4LIB] many processes, one result

2008-02-18 Thread Smith,Devon
One of Erlang's real stengths is its approach to concurrent programming.[1][2] It differs from threaded programing - the more common approach - in several ways. From the programmers point-of-view, Erlang's approach is just easier to write and debug. [1]

Re: [CODE4LIB] Video encoding done - Mashup idea request

2007-03-16 Thread Smith,Devon
2. Two camera's so the person at the podium can be composed inside their slides / demos. If I understand this, you're thinking that one camera would capture the speaker, and the other would capture the slide presentation. If it's possible, wouldn't it be better to put the slides directly into

Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source Seel?

2006-09-13 Thread Smith,Devon
for Libraries [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alexander Johannesen Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 7:28 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Open Source Seel? On 9/13/06, Smith,Devon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, I'm wondering how many people think they might actually work

[CODE4LIB] Open Source Seel?

2006-09-12 Thread Smith,Devon
I've suggested that Seel should be made open source. For those who weren't able to make it to Corvallis, see [1] and [2]. Basically, my hope is that the software and language would be improved by additional interested developers. The underlying assumption, and it's a biggie, is that there actually