Thanks to Graham, I have re-re-read the Description of Service
(Section 1.1 in http://searchapidocs.scopus.com/scapi_terms_conditions1.htm)
.
I think the sentence
> ...You may use the API to enable end users of your site to designate
> Scopus Search Results for you to host and display in conjunction
> with other information that they upload or post to your site...
indicates that you can HOST the search results and mash it up with the
other metadata.
Also, the SearchAPI homepage (http://searchapi.scopus.com/) says:
> You can select Scopus data elements and create your own mashups.
> The API returns Scopus data in a format that is easily integrated
> into an application or your web site.
--
Les
On 30 Oct 2009, at 15:11, Graham Triggs wrote:
> Hannah,
>
> In essence, no, because he is using the official Javascript API for
> retrieving the data, as a per-user request happening inside their
> browser.
>
> There are other T&C that cover how that data then gets presented,
> don't know if that's an issue or not.
>
> G
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Repositories discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]
> ] On Behalf Of Hannah Payne [hep]
> Sent: 30 October 2009 15:02
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> Subject: Re: citation counts in repositories
>
> Graham,
>
> Does Stuart's app therefore go against these conditions?
>
> Hannah
>
>
> Hannah Payne
>
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>
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Repositories discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]
> ] On Behalf Of Graham Triggs
> Sent: 30 October 2009 14:52
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: citation counts in repositories
>
> Les,
>
> The terms and conditions state the you must not:
>
> use any robot, spider, site search/retrieval application, or other
> device to retrieve or index any portion of Scopus services or
> collect information about users for any unauthorized purpose;
>
>
> G
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Repositories discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]
> ] On Behalf Of Leslie Carr
> Sent: 30 October 2009 14:35
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: citation counts in repositories
>
> Stuart Lewis has recently done a nice piece of work for displaying
> Scopus citation counts in DSpace (see http://blog.stuartlewis.com/2009/10/30/displaying-citation-counts-in-dspace/
> ). He relies on the presence of a DOI to lookup a DSpace item, but
> it's easy to extend his work to search on title/author/year where a
> DOI doesn't exist.
>
> The Scopus API that Stuart uses is all about "displaying Scopus data
> in the browser" and there is an implicit assumption that the citation
> data will not be sequestered and stored permanently in the repository
> against the original record. However, this doesn't seem to be
> explicitly forbidden. Can anyone who has experience with using Scopus
> data confirm this?
> ---
> Les Carr
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