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== Moodle Project == | == Moodle Project == | ||
;PLAN: To get Moodle working with Koha. | ;PLAN: To get Moodle working with Koha. | ||
| − | ;First Step: Let's start | + | ;First Step: Let's start by extending the Moodle [http://cvs.moodle.org/contrib/plugins/blocks/extsearch/ External Search block] to query a Koha library system and display the returned records of Koha books. |
=== Koha Search === | === Koha Search === | ||
| − | # Here's a Koha already set up we can use - http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org:9998/ | + | # Here's a Koha already set up we can use - no Koha set up required (phew!): |
| − | # Koha uses an open standard from the | + | #* http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org:9998/ |
| − | # Using the [http://www.loc.gov/z3950/agency/ Z39.50] [http://explain.z3950.org/ Explain] protocol, we can "self-discover" the Koha catalog search interface | + | # Koha uses an open standard from the [http://loc.gov Library of Congress] called [http://www.loc.gov/standards/sru/ SRU] - Search/Retrieval by URL. |
| − | #* http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org:9998/?version=1.1&operation=explain | + | # Using the [http://www.loc.gov/z3950/agency/ Z39.50] [http://explain.z3950.org/ Explain] protocol, we can "self-discover" the Koha catalog search interface: |
| − | # | + | #* [http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org:9998/?version=1.1&operation=explain http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org:9998/?version=1.1&'''operation=explain'''] |
| − | #* http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org:9998/biblios?version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&query=fish | + | # by parsing the XML response, we can use the <database> element (in this case, ''"biblios"'') to construct a search URL: |
| + | #* [http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org:9998/biblios?version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&query=fish http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org:9998/'''biblios'''?version=1.1&'''operation=searchRetrieve&query=fish'''] | ||
#which will return the number of results: | #which will return the number of results: | ||
#* <zs:numberOfRecords>178</zs:numberOfRecords> | #* <zs:numberOfRecords>178</zs:numberOfRecords> | ||
# Then we can grab (e.g.) records 5 and 6, in Dublin Core, like this: | # Then we can grab (e.g.) records 5 and 6, in Dublin Core, like this: | ||
| − | #* http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org:9998/biblios?version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&query=fish&startRecord=5&maximumRecords=2&recordSchema=dc | + | #* [http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org:9998/biblios?version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&query=fish&startRecord=5&maximumRecords=2&recordSchema=dc http://opac.koha.workbuffer.org:9998/biblios?version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&query=fish'''&startRecord=5&maximumRecords=2&recordSchema=dc'''] |
=== Useful Links === | === Useful Links === | ||
Revision as of 05:31, 23 July 2010
PHP Hackfest Cheat Sheet
Mahara Project
- PLAN
- To integrate Identi.ca, the open-source "host-your-own" Twitter, into Mahara, an open source e-portfolio system.
Useful Links
Moodle Project
- PLAN
- To get Moodle working with Koha.
- First Step
- Let's start by extending the Moodle External Search block to query a Koha library system and display the returned records of Koha books.
Koha Search
- Here's a Koha already set up we can use - no Koha set up required (phew!):
- Koha uses an open standard from the Library of Congress called SRU - Search/Retrieval by URL.
- Using the Z39.50 Explain protocol, we can "self-discover" the Koha catalog search interface:
- by parsing the XML response, we can use the <database> element (in this case, "biblios") to construct a search URL:
- which will return the number of results:
- <zs:numberOfRecords>178</zs:numberOfRecords>
- Then we can grab (e.g.) records 5 and 6, in Dublin Core, like this: