We
are thrilled to announce the release of an NCIP test bed that works with the XC
NCIP 2 Toolkit (NCIP protocol 2.x). The test bed is an
installed XC NCIP Toolkit that connects to a training ILS and supports a subset
of NCIP services. We envision growing the test bed over time.
Please note that testers are interacting with the installed NCIP Toolkit, not
with the ILS directly.
Instructions for
the test bed: http://code.google.com/p/xcncip2toolkit/wiki/TestBed
The test page
for the test bed can be accessed via Firefox at http://xc-ncip.carli.illinois.edu:8080/ncipv2/
and we are supplying some sample XML to make things easier.
NCIP
initiators, such as developers for resource discovery products, and other
interested parties can use the test bed to test supported NCIP services.
Testing can be done either via the use of a test page or by directly POSTing
XML requests as outlined on the project wiki. The test bed currently supports
the following services.
- Lookup
User
- Lookup
Item Set
- Renew
Item
Testing of
Lookup User and Lookup Item Set can be done by anyone at anytime. Renew
Item will actually change underlying data in the ILS. If you wish
to test “Renew Item” we ask that you be in contact with Randall
Cook at rcook at library dot rochester dot edu so he can facilitate who is
using the Renew features at any given time. The ILS database
will be restored back to baseline each evening.
We would like to
send along HUGE thanks to CARLI (Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries
in Illinois) for hosting the test bed and to Patrick Zurek, one of their
developers, for making this possible. This test bed is a great way to
showcase the work of open source development contributions that have been made
by several other institutions.
Along with the
test bed release, we also wish to announce the newest Voyager connector (and
new core) as summarized in the release notes http://code.google.com/p/xcncip2toolkit/wiki/VoyagerReleaseNotes.
Randall Cook, PMP
eXtensible Catalog Organization
University of Rochester River Campus Libraries
585-273-2042
rcook@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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