[Koha] Re: [Koha-devel] Koha and the Open Archives Initiative Protocol

Thu Mar 4 01:55:18 NZDT 2004

Hello Benjamin,

Global Library Foundation is in process to setup a R&D section. And we've 
choose Koha as a base to develop few other technologies (and giving those back 
to community).

Making Koha speak to other system through standards as Dublin Core and OAI are 
part of our roadmap. uPortal.org is also a system that we want to be able to 
connect to. However, all this is planned for last quarter of 2004.

I know that this info won't give you the deliverable, but at least now you 
know that someone is working on it. We'd also consider any collaboration 
opportunity with anyone interested being part of the project.

Warm regards,

Daniel Caissy

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Quoting Joshua Ferraro <jmf at kados.org>:

> Benjamin,
> 
> I think this question is a good one for the whole Koha community.
> Personally, I would love to see an interface between Koha and the
> Open Archives Initiative Protocol but I've not heard any discussion
> along those lines thusfar.  What do folks think?
> 
> > Thanks for your message, which my colleague Peter Pissierssens passed to
> > me and which I found very interesting.
> > Sorry to pester you with questions, but I was also wondering if there was
> > any interface between Koha and the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for
> > Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). (and consequently Dublin Core). Several of
> > our colleagues and partner organisations have expressed interest in this
> > initiative as a way of getting the benefits of a distributed database
> > without the communication headaches of a fully distributed search.
> >
> > I have now subscribed to the mailing lists mentioned, so if you feel that
> > this question would be better answered by the community please feel free
> > to forward it on.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Benjamin Sims
> > Information Services
> > IOC/UNESCO
> > http://ioc.unesco.org
> > 1 rue Miollis
> > 75732 Paris Cedex 15
> > FRANCE
> > Tel: [33] (1) 45 68 39 92
> > Fax: [33] (1) 45 68 58 12
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joshua Ferraro [mailto:jmf at kados.org]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 2:31 PM
> > To: Pissierssens, Peter
> > Subject: RE: KOHA
> >
> >
> > Peter,
> >
> > Greetings.  The Z3950 Server for Koha works fine on a MARC21 system (NPL
> > has been using it for statewide resource sharing for several months now)
> > and can be found either as an add-on to Koha 2.0 (on my website at
> > http://kados.org/LibraryScience/zed-koha-server.pl) or in CVS in the
> > 2.2 tree.  In both cases it is necessary to install the SimpleServer
> > Perl module from Indexdata (http://www.indexdata.dk/simpleserver/).
> >
> > The server can be started by running the zed-koha-server.pl script
> > in a terminal.  Eventually it would be nice to build the server
> > into a daemon process but for now it is necessary to leave the
> > terminal open--it also logs all activity to the screen.
> >
> > There has been some talk about adding UNIMARC support and I would be
> > willing to develop that but would need shell access to a Koha system
> > using a UNIMARC database.  If you require customizations for your
> > holdings data that could be arranged as well.
> >
> > If you want to see a Koha catalog in action you can check out Nelsonville
> > Public Library's at
> >
> > http://koha.athenscounty.lib.oh.us
> >
> > If you have any further questions don't hesitate to ask.  You may also
> > be interested in checking out the Koha lists.  You can subscribe at
> >
> > http://www.koha.org/mailing/
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Joshua Ferraro
> >
> >
> >
> >> Hello MJ,
> >>
> >> Thanks for your quick reply. The reason I mailed you is that I am more
> >> comfortable writing in English than in French for technical subjects. As
> >> Z39/50 compliance is a pre-requisite for our use I will contact Joshua
> >> Ferraro to find out how far he has reached with that task.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Peter
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: MJ Ray [mailto:mjr at ttllp.co.uk]
> >> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 6:25 PM
> >> To: Pissierssens, Peter
> >> Subject: Re: KOHA
> >>
> >>
> >> Hello Peter,
> >>
> >> I'm curious to know why you chose to contact me instead of the French
> >> developer? I studied in a university department which is active in
> >> oceanography, so I'm quite happy to help you, but I rarely get
> >> contacts from France.
> >>
> >> On 2004-03-01 13:30:48 +0000 "Pissierssens, Peter"
> >> <p.pissierssens at unesco.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I found your name on the KPHA web site. We are looking for an open
> >>> source
> >>> library management software application and Koha seems to fit that
> >>> description. However, one important feature I could not find on the
> >>> KOHA
> >>> site is Z3950 compliance. Can a KOHA library database be queried by a
> >>> z3950
> >>> server?
> >>
> >> In 2.0, koha can query Z39.50 targets but cannot be queried. Joshua
> >> Ferraro, jmf at kados.org, is developing the Z39.50 interface for koha
> >> 2.2.
> >>
> >> By the way, should UNESCO people say "free software"? We are blessed
> >> with the UNESCO free software portal and directory, after all.
> >> http://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_freesoftware/
> >>
> >>> Also, can you lead me to a few KOHA based online catalogues?
> >>
> >> I suggest looking at the "Test Drive" koha servers on the www.koha.org
> >> site for now. I can't publish details of many servers. If you are
> >> looking for a demonstration of a particular feature, I can try to find
> >> someone using it for you.
> >>
> >>> Thanks in advance for your reply
> >>
> >> I hope you find this useful.
> >>
> >> --
> >> MJR    mjr at ttllp.co.uk  www.ttllp.co.uk  +44 (0)870 4321 9 10
> >>   Creative copyleft computing consultancy, code and articles.
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> >>
> >
> 
> 
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