Re: [PHP] Book database (slightly OT)
On Tuesday, January 29, 2002, at 11:38 PM, Boaz Yahav wrote: > Why not simply look the ISBN up in one of the big online shops and take > the data from there? > Amazon? B&N? > > It all depends on what you will do with the data I guess... > A good idea, but if you're running a commercial site of some kind there are legal implications for using one site's content in another without permission. I seem to remember this being an issue between a smaller flight fare-finder site and Travelocity.com -- the former had written a clever Perl script or something that used content from the latter. It was in the papers. Erik -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [PHP] Book database (slightly OT)
Why not simply look the ISBN up in one of the big online shops and take the data from there? Amazon? B&N? It all depends on what you will do with the data I guess... Sincerely berber Visit http://www.weberdev.com/ Today!!! To see where PHP might take you tomorrow. -Original Message- From: Egon Schmid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 4:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Steve Edberg Subject: Re: [PHP] Book database (slightly OT) From: "Steve Edberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Perhaps the Library of Congress?? > > http://www.loc.gov/z3950/ > > You could hack the web interface, but it would be more efficient to > query the database directly using the Z.39.50 stateful protocol: see > > http://lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/gateway.html#about > and > http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z3950_Resources.html > > among other places. You could probably write a pretty decent > interface using PHP's socket functions, but it would be more > efficient to write a PHP extension for it - depending on how intense > your searches were. That was on my to-do list for a project a few > years ago, but I'm no longer working on that. It seems that you are or have been a librarian. Have you ever tried http://php.net/yaz ? -Egon -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] Book database (slightly OT)
From: "Steve Edberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Perhaps the Library of Congress?? > > http://www.loc.gov/z3950/ > > You could hack the web interface, but it would be more efficient to > query the database directly using the Z.39.50 stateful protocol: see > > http://lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/gateway.html#about > and > http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z3950_Resources.html > > among other places. You could probably write a pretty decent > interface using PHP's socket functions, but it would be more > efficient to write a PHP extension for it - depending on how intense > your searches were. That was on my to-do list for a project a few > years ago, but I'm no longer working on that. It seems that you are or have been a librarian. Have you ever tried http://php.net/yaz ? -Egon -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] Book database (slightly OT)
Perhaps the Library of Congress?? http://www.loc.gov/z3950/ You could hack the web interface, but it would be more efficient to query the database directly using the Z.39.50 stateful protocol: see http://lcweb.loc.gov/z3950/gateway.html#about and http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z3950_Resources.html among other places. You could probably write a pretty decent interface using PHP's socket functions, but it would be more efficient to write a PHP extension for it - depending on how intense your searches were. That was on my to-do list for a project a few years ago, but I'm no longer working on that. -steve At 4:32 PM -0500 1/29/02, Reuben D Budiardja wrote: >Hi, >I am working on a projects for book cataloging. What I want to do is to input >all the books isbn to a mysql table, either by hand or by scanning it, and >then let php go through those data and add more info such as tittle, author, >publisher, etc. > >Now, the real question is, does anyone know is there any database / services >out there that I can query using isbn, that will return me a parse-able info >for this purpose? >I am looking for service that is free, if possible, since this project is not >for commercial at all (academic purposes). > >Any information on this will be greatly appreciated. > >Thanks. >Reuben D. Budiardja > -- ++ | Steve Edberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | University of California, Davis (530)754-9127 | | Programming/Database/SysAdmin http://pgfsun.ucdavis.edu/ | ++ | "Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of | | all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily | | defeat us."| | - Supreme Court Justice (1939-1975) William O. Douglas | ++ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[PHP] Book database (slightly OT)
Hi, I am working on a projects for book cataloging. What I want to do is to input all the books isbn to a mysql table, either by hand or by scanning it, and then let php go through those data and add more info such as tittle, author, publisher, etc. Now, the real question is, does anyone know is there any database / services out there that I can query using isbn, that will return me a parse-able info for this purpose? I am looking for service that is free, if possible, since this project is not for commercial at all (academic purposes). Any information on this will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Reuben D. Budiardja -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
