[Web4lib] Re: OpenSearch, Koha, and Library Catalogs [SRW/U]

[Eric Lease Morgan]

On Jul 16, 2005, at 11:00 AM, web4lib-request at webjunction.org wrote:

> Have folks looked at A9's OpenSearch?
>
>  http://opensearch.a9.com/
>
> If library vendors add support for OpenSearch it allows
> users to include library results in the list of results
> returned from their queries on A9.com....

Consider using SRW/U (Search Retrieve via the Web or URL) as a  
standardized way of searching. The search syntax as well as the  
search results are much more robust when compared OpenSearch. See:

   http://www.loc.gov/z3950/agency/zing/srw/

If y'all are simply incorporating in A9 content into your catalog  
search results through OpenSearch, then SRW/U does not apply.

-- 
Eric Lease Morgan
Head, Digital Access and Information Architecture Department
University Libraries of Notre Dame

(574) 631-8604