Thanks Anna, that does sound promising!
Amanda
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anna Clements [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: December-06-11 11:33 AM
> To: Amanda Hill; [log in to unmask]
> Cc: Keith Jeffery; Brigitte Joerg
> Subject: RE: CERIF output from Names data
>
> Amanda
>
> For info, euroCRIS are working on defining a single xml schema/file for
CERIF
> .. we held a Cerif in Action workshop in Sunderland yesterday - see
> http://cerifinaction.wordpress.com/ which jeard from Brigitte Joerg
[CERIF
> Task Group leader] and Thomas Vestdam from Atira on the latest proposals
> ... more to follow on euroCRIS website soon.
>
> So maybe we should try this new approach for Names files ...
> cc'd Keith Jeffery and Brigitte Joerg [eurocris] for info.
>
> All the best
>
> Anna
>
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> From: Repositories discussion list [[log in to unmask]] on
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> Sent: 06 December 2011 16:18
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> Subject: CERIF output from Names data
>
> Dear all
>
> We're currently looking at how best to support CERIF output from the JISC
> Names data (http://names.mimas.ac.uk/) and would appreciate some advice
> from
> those of you who have experience of doing similar work or who might have a
> requirement for using CERIF-formatted data from Names.
>
> Our understanding so far is that the CERIF specification calls for
multiple
> XML files for the various entities described by CERIF. With other
standards
> we're supporting, we provide output of a single record in a single file,
for
> example: http://names.mimas.ac.uk/individual/35219.json.
>
> With the requirements of CERIF for splitting all the information out into
> separate files, this approach is not possible for this particular
standard,
> so we're thinking along the lines of having a complete, separate dump of
> Names data in the multiple XML files required for CERIF validation.
>
> Our question to you is, is it worth also providing a record with
CERIF-style
> formatting (in response to a request like .../individual/1.cerif) which
> would combine the CERIF elements supported by Names data into a single
> file
> in the way that we do for other formats? Are there any ways in which this
> would be useful? Or would it make more sense to just provide the very
basic
> information which corresponds to CERIF's cfPers element (PersonID,
> Birthdate, Gender, URI) in that location?
>
> Amanda
>
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> Amanda Hill
> Names Project
> http://names.mimas.ac.uk
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