Re: SRU indexes for Aleph

From: Walker, David <dwalker_at_nyob>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2010 10:35:22 -0700
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Are you saying that Aleph has no native SRU 
> capability and YAZ is the only SRU access to it?

Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I'm pretty sure Alpeh *doesn't* have an SRU interface.  There's no documentation for one on the Ex Libris site anyway.

It does have some web services, and it's possible the library you are accessing here, Ralph, has written an SRU wrapper around those.  YAZ Proxy in front of the Alpeh Z39 server also a possibility, as Ere mentioned.

Probably best to talk to the specific library here.  It's very likely this is their own creation.

--Dave

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David Walker
Library Web Services Manager
California State University
http://xerxes.calstate.edu
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From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of LeVan,Ralph [levan_at_OCLC.ORG]
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 8:29 AM
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Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] SRU indexes for Aleph

-----Original Message-----
From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Ere Maijala
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 4:11 AM

> it's probably a custom YAZ Proxy. This is as far as I know the default
> mapping to Z39.50 (of course it could have been modified locally):

Really?  I find it hard to believe that the Index Data folks don't know how to make an Explain record.

Are you saying that Aleph has no native SRU capability and YAZ is the only SRU access to it?

Thanks!

Ralph
Received on Wed Jun 09 2010 - 13:39:25 EDT