Library Cataloging
News from OASIS via OCLC, that SRU has been approved as OASIS Standard.
- Mksearch
MKDoc Ltd. has announced the first beta release of MKSearch, under the GNU General Public Licence. Source and pre-compiled binary downloads are available from the project Web site.MKSearch is a metadata search engine that indexes structured metadata in...
- Z39.50
OASIS has released a position paper and is seeking comments. Search Service Interoperability edited by Eliot Christian.Governments are recommended to enhance interoperability among their networked systems by adopting a common search service. The search...
- Oclc
This notice was sent to OCLCCAT. It ties in with the post from yesterday about issues to consider in the change.Change in Connexion client and end of life for Passport/Cataloging datesThe Windows-based Connexion client interface is currently in field...
- Ncip
Looking at the NCIP standard, it covers much more than the interaction between borrowing and lending library in an ILL transaction. It also includes the ability to verify patron information at a remote host and then grant privileges. Have any of the journal...
- Gils & Dublin Core
This is a note I recently received."Colleagues,I am gratified to report the Web Metadata Standard for Minnesota has been approved by the MN Information Policy Council. This Dublin Core-based standard (ANSI/NISO Z39.85) has been in use by many agencies,...
Library Cataloging
SRU Approved as OASIS Standard
News from OASIS via OCLC, that SRU has been approved as OASIS Standard.
SRU (Search and Retrieve via URL) 2.0 has been approved as a standard by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS). SRU is the web-based successor to Z39.50.Does SRW (Search and Retrieve via the Web) still have any life left? Once they were most often written together as SRU/SRW.
Functionality supported by SRU includes defining a standard query grammar for complex interoperable searching, the ability to specify the format of the documents returned and the mime-type of the response. SRU includes a capability to allow client software to query the server for functionality, include a complex description of the databases being searched.
- Mksearch
MKDoc Ltd. has announced the first beta release of MKSearch, under the GNU General Public Licence. Source and pre-compiled binary downloads are available from the project Web site.MKSearch is a metadata search engine that indexes structured metadata in...
- Z39.50
OASIS has released a position paper and is seeking comments. Search Service Interoperability edited by Eliot Christian.Governments are recommended to enhance interoperability among their networked systems by adopting a common search service. The search...
- Oclc
This notice was sent to OCLCCAT. It ties in with the post from yesterday about issues to consider in the change.Change in Connexion client and end of life for Passport/Cataloging datesThe Windows-based Connexion client interface is currently in field...
- Ncip
Looking at the NCIP standard, it covers much more than the interaction between borrowing and lending library in an ILL transaction. It also includes the ability to verify patron information at a remote host and then grant privileges. Have any of the journal...
- Gils & Dublin Core
This is a note I recently received."Colleagues,I am gratified to report the Web Metadata Standard for Minnesota has been approved by the MN Information Policy Council. This Dublin Core-based standard (ANSI/NISO Z39.85) has been in use by many agencies,...