And as I recall, we couldn't distribute it with the DSpace codebase because it contained some code under the GPL... so it's an add-on that has to be downloaded separately (and many have).
We talked about adding Z39.50 support a long time ago, but nobody really wanted it and SRU seemed like the right way to go. MacKenzie > OCLC provides an SRW/U interface to DSpace. See > http://www.oclc.org/research/software/srw/ > > Ralph > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter > Cliff > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2007 10:47 AM > To: dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Dspace-tech] DSpace and Z39.50 > > Hello! > > I've been trawling through the DSpace mailing list archives and also the > > documentation, and while I've found a few references - notably an email > stating that there was a task to add Z39.50 and SRU to DSpace in 2003 - > I've not found any concrete evidence that would suggest DSpace supports > either protocol. > > Am I right in thinking that DSpace does not ship with a Z39.50 and/or > SRU (or even SRW) interface? > > I realise adding one would be pretty straight forward for an > implementor, either by indexing the output of an OAI-PMH request for > everything (using, say, IndexData's Zebra) or using the DSpace search > API and something like JZKit > (http://developer.k-int.com/projects.php?page=dspace for example). > > Thanks, > > Pete Cliff > Research Officer, Repositories Support Project, > UKOLN, University of Bath ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
