Karen,
We recently launched an application that provides a single user
interface for requesting returnable items from our 4 shared resource
systems. We use the WorldCat search box as our starting point.
Instead of passing the OpenURL from WorldCat directly to our link
resolver, we intercept it
Cool examples, all. This is indeed the sort of thing I was thinking
about. (Not this specific one, of course : )
Karen G. Schneider
On Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:30:03 -0400, jean rainwater
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Karen,
We recently launched an application that provides a single user
interface for
Originally posted elsewhere. Despite the direction of my original
request, I'm getting such good developer-level responses to this
question that I'm reposting to code4lib to say if you are doing
something interesting, I'm interested.
Karen G. Schneider
On Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:13:32 -0400, K.G.
That's easy. Just build a LibX edition, configure Worldcat as a
catalog, and hit make live.
It took me all of 60 seconds to build this.
It can be download from here:
http://libx.org/editions/download.php?edition=6B89FDBE
A version for IE can be downloaded from:
On Sep 26, 2007, at 2:35 PM, K.G. Schneider wrote:
(Interesting uses of xISBN, WorldCat registry search/detail, or the
OpenURL Gateway also welcome, but not as central.)
While not a production service, nor as interesting as a LibX
extension, I have written an application exploiting XISBN (as
