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CREATE NEW SOLUTIONS USING AN XML API
HELPING YOUR LIBRARY BE THE BEST PARTNER
FOR RESEARCH
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What is an API?
360 XML API’s
An Application
Programming
Interface (API) is an
Applications Programming Interfaces
application-specific
source code
Powerful API tools enable you to develop customized
specification that
Web services that exploit other products and services
defines requests for
services that can
be made by
Serials Solutions® 360 supports independence and
another computer
interoperability
program. The
Now you can customize and implement 360 Link and 360 Search
software that
services as standalone Web applications or as applications that
provides the
interoperate with other Web services in your library.
functionality
defined by an API
• Independently customize 360 Link and 360 Search
is said to be an
implementation of
• Incorporate 360 access services into your own Web pages
the API.
• Customize and control the presentation of search and
results
• Explore new methods for presenting and working with
results – create your own mashups
360 XML API’s support the leading standards in the library
community:
• 360 Search and 360 Link – Dublin Core Metadata
The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative is an open forum
engaged in the development of interoperable online
metadata standards that support a broad range of
purposes and business models.
• 360 Search – SRU/SRW Protocols
SRU (Search/Retrieve via URL), the standard search
protocol for Internet search queries, uses CQL (Common
Query Language), a standard query syntax for representing
queries. SRW (Search Retrieve Web Service) is a
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as the maintenance agency for these standards.
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• 360 Link – OpenURL
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The OpenURL standard is designed to support mediated
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linking from information resources (sources) to library
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services (targets).
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Serials Solutions provides documentation and support
In addition to extensive documentation, Serials Solutions
provides developer support for XML API’s in the form of e-mail
support and a listserv. Access to the listserv is restricted to
clients and prospects that have signed a Non-Disclosure
Agreement (NDA). Serials Solutions will monitor the listserv and
reply to posted questions as quickly as possible.
New Serials Solutions 360 Link and Search clients will
implement their service with the Serials Solutions Library
Support Associate, and Serials Solutions will set up connections
on behalf of the library. An existing client needs to sign a NDA
and will be given access to the technical documentation for the
API upon execution of the NDA.
These services are provided free with a regular subscription to
360 Link or 360 Search.
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