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The X-Server in Sakaibrary's Metasearch Service
The following diagram depicts a client using Sakaibrary's (planned) Metasearch Service within Sakai. This particular diagram shows the Sakaibrary Metasearch Service being built on top of the MetaLib X-Server and how it relates to Metasearch in Sakaibrary should go here.
X-Server Service Flow Diagram
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The portion of the following diagram outlined in red is the work of the California Digital Library (CDL) and is taken from the document, CDL MetaLib Access Through XML (MAX), version 0.4. This document is attached to the CDL page on this wiki. |
using an implementation of the O.K.I. Repository OSID to store persistent data. The underlying metasearch tool could be something other than the MetaLib X-Server, such as SIRSI SingleSearch. The functionality of the other metasearch tool would replace the MetaLib X-Services with its own services in the following diagram.
The MetaLib X-Server services are briefly detailed in the diagram - please see the /wiki/spaces/SLIB/pages/2921168923 page for more details.
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Similar X-Server Work
The work that the California Digital Library is doing with the A portion of the above content is derived from the CDL MetaLib Access through XML (MAX) project. The work being done on this project highly parallels the work being done with the MetaLib X-Server in the Sakaibrary project.
See also, Xerxes.
Links
- MetaLib X-Server API documentation /wiki/spaces/SLIB/pages/2921168923 - listing of available used MetaLib X-Services and their details.
- MetaLib X-Server code samples - UM Library Information Technology Web Services code samples (in Perl) for using the X-Server. UM Library login required.