A cross-intuition group of open source developers is pleased
to announce the release of the XC NCIP Toolkit version 1.0. This
includes the version 1.0 releases for the NCIP Toolkit Core Code as well as the
Sirsi Dynix Symphony and the Ex Libris Voyager connectors.
The release represents a significant advancement in NCIP
Toolkit Core Code coverage for NCIP services as well as stability. The
NCIP standard contains a large number of possible NCIP messages and the
previous version of the core handled support for the most commonly used
messages but not all NCIP messages. With this release, a connector
developer can now make use of any NCIP message without needing the core code to
be modified.
No new functionality is introduced in the Voyager or Sirsi
Dynix connectors but they have been enhanced and tested to work with the new
core code. Note they are not backward compatible.
Please see the release notes for more detailed information
of the release http://code.google.com/p/xcncip2toolkit/wiki/CoreReleaseNotes
Considerable (and great) work toward this release was done
by the following developers:
·
John Bodfish from OCLC
·
Patrick Zurek from the Consortium of Academic and
Research Libraries of Illinois
·
Douglas Christman and Michelle Suranofsky from
Lehigh University
Coming in the next release (first quarter 2012) – with
the next release we plan to provide:
·
Enhancement for configurable connections –
this work will greatly enhance how the NCIP Toolkit is configured and will
support multiple connections to different ILS systems. This feature will
make the Toolkit able to be used more broadly and sets the stage for the
toolkit to be used in other products, including NCIP initiators and other
projects beyond connecting to an ILS.
·
Support for NCIP extensions to the Loaned and
Requested Item elements. These features are needed by current users of
the toolkit.
Randall Cook, PMP
eXtensible Catalog Organization
University of Rochester River Campus Libraries
585-273-2042
rcook@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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