> http://opds-spec.org/2011/06/15/opds-1-1-call-for-comments/
By way of the Code4Lib mailing list and Ed Summers of the Library Of Congress, I learned of a call for comments regarding a document (book) catalog specification called ODPS. From the document's Introduction:
The Open Publication Distribution System (OPDS) Catalog format is
a syndication format for electronic publications based on Atom
[RFC4287] and HTTP [RFC2616]. OPDS Catalogs enable available
electronic publications to be:
* discovered, using optional search or a range of optional
browsing techniques
* acquired, using direct downloads, lending, or vending
An OPDS Catalog is a set of one or more Atom Feeds, which are
themselves listings of Atom Entries. The Atom Feeds that make up
all OPDS Catalogs can be divided into two groups: Navigation
Feeds, which create a hierarchy for browsing, and Acquisition
Feeds, which list available electronic publications. Each Atom
Entry in an Acquisition Feed includes basic metadata about the
publication, the publication's format, and how the publication
can be acquired. These included Atom Entries may be minimal
subsets of the complete metadata, with a link to a more
extensive, standalone representation URI (see the Section Listing
Acquisition Feeds for more).
The thing described is a electronic catalog, albeit not necessarily a "library catalog", but a catalog none-the-less.
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Eric Lease Morgan
Received on Sat Jul 30 2011 - 10:08:04 EDT