NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release:
GOLD RUSH XML GATEWAY WEB SERVICES
LAYER (GRX)
The Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries is pleased to announce the
release of an XML gateway Web services layer to the Gold Rush public interface.
As libraries move into greater integration and display of their different
Web-based offerings, there is an increasing call for greater flexibility in the
way Gold Rush can be queried and result-sets displayed for integration into
local Web sites. The traditional Gold Rush public interface has
some customization options but a site must work within the confines of its
table-driven result sets. The Gold Rush XML Gateway (GRX) is a new
service that will take Gold Rush “out-of-the-box” so that interaction
with it is completely customizable by a library.
GRX Gold Rush is a Web service, accepting XML requests and returning
XML responses. This new services oriented architecture uses the SOAP
(simple object access protocol) standard which handles the transfer of the XML
data. With this functionality, you will be able to make Gold Rush look
like almost anything desired since each local site can create and control their
own templates and style sheets. The original Gold Rush Web interface will
continue to be fully supported for those sites what do not want to use the new Web
service.
Since XML result sets can range from an individual record to the
extraction of a site’s entire Gold Rush set of holdings, the
possibilities for its use are endless. Examples of some applications
might include:
As always, full documentation for these new features is available by
clicking on the question mark within the GR Staff Toolbox. A copy can
also be found at http://grweb.coalliance.org/images/stories/GRV4/grx_documentation.pdf.
About Gold Rush
Gold Rush is Web-based central digital registry of databases and
electronic journals including both stand-alone and titles embedded within
aggregated services. Gold Rush Complete offers a suite of tools for public
access and staff management. Gold Rush Complete offers openURL link
resolution, subscription management (ERM), a public search interface (A-Z) with
an additional Web services layer and content comparison.
About The
The Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries (http://www.coalliance.org) is a
non-profit consortium of eleven libraries in
For more information contact:
George Machovec or Rose Nelson
3801
(303) 759-3399 (phone)
(303) 759-3363 (fax)
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George Machovec
Associate Director
3801
(303) 759-3399 x.101
(303) 759-3363 (fax)
http://www.coalliance.org