Agree .. could we have CERIF-XML as an import option, please?
Anna
José Borbinha wrote:
> Hi! This is fantastic!
> Assuming this can become a major reference for the community, I have two
> pragmatic suggestions:
>
> 1- Please make it possible for third parties to import your data in XML (this
> way we could find a way to reuse it automatically in our Institutional
> Repository -I already identified several attributes in your data that would be
> of great help to automate our process -and would avoid us to have to
> scrap/parse your HTML for the same purpose ;-)
>
> 2- Please assure that you can keep a persistent syntax for your URLs, so we
> can link back to them (and the minimum to acknowledge your service as a
> source)! The actual syntax looks fine and effective... I just would like to
> stress you to keep it stable, please.
>
> Finally, I have a question back to you: assuming that this kind of information
> also needs to be maintained in some local IRs (as it is our case, in the
> system we are building in this precise moment...), maybe it would make sense
> the community (you???) to define a standard way to exchange this information,
> so you could get back from us updates and new records (maybe we can all agree
> on something simple for that based on a data set to expose in our OAI-PMH
> servers and using your own data schema for reference -the same I'm asking you
> to expose in my point 1 up ;-)
>
> Best Regards
> José Borbinha
> PS: this is really very helpful... THANK YOU!!!
>
>
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> Subject: New SHERPA/RoMEO Journals Database
>
> *** Apologies for cross posting ***
>
> RoMEO has been building its own database of journals for the publishers it
> lists, with two main aims:
>
> 1. To identify journal titles more accurately with their publishers
>
> 2. To include journals that are not currently covered by the external look-up
> databases that RoMEO uses
>
> The work has been proceeding well. Over 95% of RoMEO publishers have been
> processed, yielding nearly 18,000 journal titles (although this includes a few
> duplicates). We are currently checking the quality of the data, and updating
> the RoMEO search interface.
>
> You are invited to try the latest prototype of the upgraded interface at:
>
> http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/index34.php
>
> Please remember that this is a prototype and is liable to change. It has not
> yet been optimised for speed. It displays real data, but some information such
> as alternative journal titles may not yet be visible. Upgrading the API will
> follow later.
>
> There are two things that you are likely to notice:
>
> a. There is a new row in the RoMEO publisher details for journals.
>
> e.g. "Journals: 276 journals - involving 129 other organisations - Source
> journal list."
>
> Here, "276 journals" links to the list of journals we have for the
> publisher, and "Source journal list" links to the publisher's own list of
> journals. "Other organisations" are the partners that the publisher works
> with.
>
> Currently, the journals for most imprints are listed under their parent
> publisher rather than under their own name (e.g. Routledge and Taylor &
> Francis). However, we are working to improve this.
>
> b. Many journals now list two or more 'publishers' - for instance a publishing
> house and its client scholarly society. This may be confusing, especially
> where there are different archiving policies for each of the organisations. We
> are working to improve this situation by eliminating unnecessary information
> and providing guidance where appropriate.
>
> We would welcome feedback on the prototype, either as comments on the
> SHERPA/RoMEO Blog (http://romeo.jiscinvolve.org/wp/), or by email to
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> Peter Millington
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