File_MARC: 1.0.1 release fixes data corruption bug

Posted on Thu 31 October 2013 in Libraries • Tagged with Coding, coding

I released File_MARC 1.0.1 yesterday after receiving a bug report from the most excellent Mark Jordan about a basic (but data corrupting) problem that had existed since the very early days (almost seven years ago). If you generate MARC binary output from File_MARC, you should upgrade …


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File_MARC: 1.0.1 release fixes data corruption bug

Posted on Thu 31 October 2013 in Libraries • Tagged with Coding, coding

I released File_MARC 1.0.1 yesterday after receiving a bug report from the most excellent Mark Jordan about a basic (but data corrupting) problem that had existed since the very early days (almost seven years ago). If you generate MARC binary output from File_MARC, you should upgrade …


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Talk proposal: Structuring library data on the web with schema.org: we're on it!

Posted on Thu 17 October 2013 in Libraries • Tagged with Coding, Structured data, coding, structured data

I submitted the following proposal to the Library Technology Conference 2014 and thought it might be of general interest.

Structuring library data on the web with schema.org: we're on it!

Abstract

Until recently, there has been a disappointing level of adoption of schema.org structured data in traditional core …


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Talk proposal: Structuring library data on the web with schema.org: we're on it!

Posted on Thu 17 October 2013 in Libraries • Tagged with Coding, Structured data, coding, structured data

I submitted the following proposal to the Library Technology Conference 2014 and thought it might be of general interest.

Structuring library data on the web with schema.org: we're on it!

Abstract

Until recently, there has been a disappointing level of adoption of schema.org structured data in traditional core …


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File_MARC makes it to stable 1.0.0 release (finally!)

Posted on Fri 04 October 2013 in Libraries • Tagged with Coding, PHP, coding, php

Way back in 2006, I thought "It's a shame there is no PHP library for parsing MARC records!", and given that much of my most recent coding experience was in the PHP realm, I thought it would be a good way of contributing to the world of code4lib. Thus File …


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File_MARC makes it to stable 1.0.0 release (finally!)

Posted on Fri 04 October 2013 in Libraries • Tagged with Coding, PHP, coding, php

Way back in 2006, I thought "It's a shame there is no PHP library for parsing MARC records!", and given that much of my most recent coding experience was in the PHP realm, I thought it would be a good way of contributing to the world of code4lib. Thus File …


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Finally tangoed with reveal.js to create presentations

Posted on Thu 26 September 2013 in Software Freedom • Tagged with Coding, Structured data, coding, structured data

... and I have enjoyed the dance. Yes, I know I'm way behind the times. Over the past few years I was generating presentations via asciidoc, and I enjoyed its very functional approach and basic output. However, recently I used Google Drive to quickly create a few slightly prettier but much …


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Finally tangoed with reveal.js to create presentations

Posted on Thu 26 September 2013 in Software Freedom • Tagged with Coding, Structured data, coding, structured data

... and I have enjoyed the dance. Yes, I know I'm way behind the times. Over the past few years I was generating presentations via asciidoc, and I enjoyed its very functional approach and basic output. However, recently I used Google Drive to quickly create a few slightly prettier but much …


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RDFa and schema.org all the library things

Posted on Fri 30 August 2013 in Libraries • Tagged with Coding, Evergreen, coding, evergreen

TLDR: The Evergreen and Koha integrated library systems now express their record details in the schema.org vocabulary out of the box using RDFa.

Individual holdings are expressed as Offer instances per the W3C Schema Bib Extension community group proposal to parallel commercial sales offers. And I have published a …


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RDFa and schema.org all the library things

Posted on Fri 30 August 2013 in Libraries • Tagged with Coding, Evergreen, coding, evergreen

TLDR: The Evergreen and Koha integrated library systems now express their record details in the schema.org vocabulary out of the box using RDFa.

Individual holdings are expressed as Offer instances per the W3C Schema Bib Extension community group proposal to parallel commercial sales offers. And I have published a …


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