Comments on: Converting the III XML Server into an SRU/SRW Server http://scriblio.net/scribbles/124/converting-the-iii-xml-server-into-an-srusrw-server/ open source software for libraries Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:35:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dwalker http://scriblio.net/scribbles/124/converting-the-iii-xml-server-into-an-srusrw-server/#comment-1631 dwalker Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:16:48 +0000 http://libdev.plymouth.edu/?p=12#comment-1631 Just got our III XML Server back up and running today, and started using the above style sheets. Boy is it fast! I was testing the XSLT previously against Plymouth State and Michigan State's catalogs, but firewalls and network latency slowed it down a bit. When using it against our own catalog, it's sub-second fast. The initial XSLT transformation of the III output to SRU / MARC XML or Dublin Core is not even noticeable. I think this really ultimately removes any problems I had in using the III XML Server. It would be nice if Innovative actually made the XML Server SRU and MARC-XML compliant from the beginning. But this work-around is so straight forward and in no way a hack that I'm as happy as can be with the whole purchase now. Just got our III XML Server back up and running today, and started using the above style sheets.

Boy is it fast!

I was testing the XSLT previously against Plymouth State and Michigan State’s catalogs, but firewalls and network latency slowed it down a bit.

When using it against our own catalog, it’s sub-second fast. The initial XSLT transformation of the III output to SRU / MARC XML or Dublin Core is not even noticeable.

I think this really ultimately removes any problems I had in using the III XML Server. It would be nice if Innovative actually made the XML Server SRU and MARC-XML compliant from the beginning. But this work-around is so straight forward and in no way a hack that I’m as happy as can be with the whole purchase now.

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