Owen Leonard wrote: > Graham Seaman wrote:
>> Is it possible to set the Koha Z39.50 server to return Opac format, or >> return holdings data in any >> other way? >Z39.50 cannot return availability information for items. That's one of >the reasons why projects like FulfILLment >(http://fulfillment-ill.org/) exist. ILSes need some kind of separate >layer between them to exchange that kind of data. I don't think that's exactly true. Z39.50 servers generally give you a choice of MARC 21, SUTRS, XML or OPAC format, where OPAC format includes holdings/circulation data appended to the bibliographic record. Several proprietary ILS systems (eg ExLibris Aleph or Sirsi-Dynix Horizon) support this format. Other proprietary systems such as Sirsi-Dynix Unicorn use custom Marc fields (Unicorn uses 926 $a, $b etc,). copac.ac.uk use custom fields in MODS instead of Marc, and this is carried in the XML Z39.50 output format. So there are several ways this can be done, and I wondered if Koha supported any of them (or if anyone was working towards supporting one of them). Graham PS sorry if the formatting of this mail is a mess, fighting with Outlook OWA. > -- Owen > -- > Web Developer > Athens County Public Libraries > http://www.myacpl.org _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
