Re: [VuFind-Tech] API-based authority data in VuFind (and newdemo instance)

[Ya'aqov Z. <zi...@ro...>]

Ralph, not gratuitous ‹ payback¹s on its way!

Daniel, the short answer is no, Terminologies works only with 150$a.
However, the metadata returned may contain also 450$a, and perhaps Demian
can make UFs work for VuFind.


On 3/11/10 9:25 AM, "LeVan,Ralph" <le...@oc...> wrote:

> I¹ve forwarded your question to the people in charge of Terminologies.
>  
> Ya¹aqov, you don¹t have to lard up your responses with gratuitous complements
> just to get an answer. :-)
>  
> Ralph
>  
> 
> From: Ziso, Ya'aqov [mailto:zi...@ro...]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 6:40 PM
> To: Lovins, Daniel; Demian Katz; vuf...@li...
> Cc: Arakawa, Steven; LeVan,Ralph
> Subject: RE: [VuFind-Tech] API-based authority data in VuFind (and newdemo
> instance)
>  
> How does WorldCat Terminologies handle UFs [i.e., non-preferred
> x-references]?"
> ====
> Tricky question, since these services are experimental, dynamically
> developing.
> 
> There is also http://id.loc.gov/authorities/search/
> which will also not handle UF when entered (no pig, just swine)
> 
> Ralph LeVan, OCLC Research, copied here, developed an autosuggester
> http://orlabs.oclc.org/FAST/autosuggest.html
> where you the correct main terms are suggested as you type so that you end up
> immediately with a main heading, foregoing the UF.
> 
> A similar autosuggester was created by Ralph at
> http://orlabs.oclc.org/identities/autosuggest.html
> (and with Ralph and his colleagues' ingenuity such features grow from one day
> to another).
> 
> Bottom line though is what we want for VuFind, right?
> Ya'aqov
>