[Dspace-general] Looking for exmples of accessing dspace data viaan HTTP Service

[ChrisB]

I do have Manakin on the the dSpace test server. I am using it to  
explore a new web based frontend. As for the SRW add-on service, this  
is exactly what my original post was regarding. I found that, and  
other tools, but no real example of its use. It really looks like  
what I need, but that is the frustrating part of the whole thing.  
There are so many tools, but know one shows how to use it. The  
documentation and what I can find make the assumption of much a much  
higher level of expertise in other development disciplines. I have  
spent several hours trying to get basic functionality from tools like  
SRW, but am getting nowhere. Each new tool, or documents branches out  
even more requirements with no solid or clear learning path.



On Mar 26, 2007, at 7:14 AM, LeVan,Ralph wrote:

> There is an add-on SRW service for DSpace.
> http://www.oclc.org/research/software/srw.
>
> Ralph
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dspace-general-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:dspace-general-
>> bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf Of Chris B
>> Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 4:54 PM
>> To: dspace-general at mit.edu
>> Subject: [Dspace-general] Looking for exmples of accessing dspace  
>> data
>> viaan HTTP Service
>>
>> I am not finding any clear starting examples of ways of querying
>> dspace via a http or web service. What I am looking for is a way to
>> access via a url GET or POST, and have XML returned. I am
>> experimenting with using Adobe Flex, to create a search and retrieval
>> front-end for some of our data. I am a little new to web-services,  
>> and
>> java apps, but I can easily deal with http-service and XML.
>>
>> The biggest struggle with enhancing dSpace is the lack of Cookbook
>> style examples. There is lots of talk about the great things everyone
>> is doing, but very little "show me how" stuff.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chris
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