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On Fri, 7 Oct 2005, Kerry Blinco wrote: > Hi Scott > That works for a person use but what if I am a bit of software (:-) - Kerry, I might be missing your point, but the IESR does support m2m (machine to machine) interfaces - just not UDDI. It supports Z39.50, OAI-PMH, and an OpenURL Link-To Resolver. (I thought it also supported SRW, but can't see it listed in the documentation, so perhaps not). Full(er) details at http://www.iesr.ac.uk/metadata/ Andy. > Kerry > > At 05:23 AM 7/10/2005, Scott Wilson wrote: >> To populate it I'd suggest you just gather the contents of the IESR >> via its OAI-PMH interface. You can probably do the same for OAIster. >> I wouldn't bother with OAI-to-SRW; just let your registry allow users >> to search by the service types supported, like the IESR, so you just >> decide whether you're interested in harvesting or searching and then >> can get hold of any services that fit the bill. >> >> On the other hand, you could just use the IESR directly as your >> registry... except it hasn't got a UDDI interface. Hmmm... >> >> - S >> >> On 6 Oct 2005, at 17:48, Howard Noble wrote: >> >>> Thanks Phil and Neil (all help greatly appreciated (neil)) >>> >>> We've got a prototype UDDI registry working (just). >>> >>> http://163.1.3.13:8080/JaferRegistry/go_welcome.do >>> >>> This was developed by Matthew Dovey and Andrew Foster as part of the >>> extended JAFER project. >>> >>> UDDI registries 'synchronise' between each other so if people use >>> this one >>> (joint initiative between Microsoft and IBM) then it does not mean >>> their >>> data is locked here. >>> >>> The goal of this is to expose an API so that clients can search it to >>> discover how target repositories can be searched. We aim to get the >>> MDC >>> software consuming this UI asap: >>> >>> http://163.1.3.13:8080/mdc/search.jsp >>> >>> I s'pose what I am asking though is how do we get these registries >>> populated - i.e. get them used! >>> >>> What would be really great is if OAI targets registered themselves and >>> exposed their metadata to SRW federated searches - then we really >>> would have >>> a lot of interoperable metadata available that pertains to easily >>> accessible >>> resources...? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Howard >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Phil Barker" <[log in to unmask]> >>> To: "Howard Noble" <[log in to unmask]> >>> Cc: <[log in to unmask]> >>> Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 5:26 PM >>> Subject: Re: registries of repositories >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hi Howard >>>> Within Jisc-world, there's the IESR, http://iesr.ac.uk/ >>>> >>>> Phil >>>> >>>> Howard Noble wrote: >>>> >>>>> Has anyone implemented a UDDI registry or know of other >>>>> registries of >>>>> repositories that provide details about a repository and >>>>> specifically >>>>> how it can be searched (e.g. z39.50/ SRW)? >>>>> >>>>> Howard Noble >>>>> Educational Interoperability Specialist >>>>> >>>>> Oxford University, Learning Technologies Group (LTG) >>>>> 13 Banbury Rd, Oxford. OX2 6NN. England >>>>> Tel. +44 (0)1865 273281 internal 73281 >>>>> email: [log in to unmask] >>>>> <mailto:[log in to unmask]> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Phil Barker Learning Technology Adviser >>>> ICBL, School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences >>>> Mountbatten Building, Heriot-Watt University, >>>> Edinburgh, EH14 4AS >>>> Tel: 0131 451 3278 Fax: 0131 451 3327 >>>> Web: http://www.icbl.hw.ac.uk/~philb/ >>>> >> >> >> > > Kerry Blinco > Email: [log in to unmask] > Phone/Fax: +61 7 3871 2699 / +61 7 3871 2899 > Ph (Mobile) : +61 419 787 992 > Andy -- Distributed Systems, UKOLN, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/a.powell tel: +44 1225 383933 msn: [log in to unmask] Resource Discovery Network http://www.rdn.ac.uk/