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[Colin Prince <colin.prince@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Right, I won't sweat the platform details too much then.

What I mean for ItemPerformance is I have details for ft_total, ft_pdf and 
ft_html for one period but not for another period where I only have ft_total. 
Is this going to be a problem?

If zero means I am asserting that the resource was not accessed, then I should 
not put zero.

Thanks so much for taking a look.

Colin



From: Kim, Tae [mailto:Tae.Kim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 12:24
To: Colin Prince; sushidevelopers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [sushidevelopers] COUNTER XML - three questions

I don’t think there’s any official naming for platform. I think anything’s fine 
as long as it’s consistent.

I believe one ItemPerformance is for each type of request. So there should be 
an ItemPerformance for one ft_html for each month for each journal.

Zero is very important information saying nobody used a given resource so no 
you should not use zero. I would say just skip the element.

-Tae Kim


On 4/17/09 7:16 AM, "Colin Prince" <colin.prince@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello Everyone,

I'm putting together a COUNTER XML report and referencing the schema here: 
http://www.niso.org/schemas/sushi/counter3_0.xsd

Attached is my first attempt, report.xml. I'd be grateful for any comments.

It's not clear to me what I could put in the ItemPlatform element.

From the docs:

"The platform is the name of the online host as determined by the service 
provider, e.g.,  EBSCOhost, ScienceDirect, etc."

We host journals at the University of Toronto Libraries using OJS software. 
There are many different publishers.

Perhaps "University of Toronto Libraries" is the platform, or is it "OJS" maybe?

Two more questions regarding XML details:

Should the ItemPerformance instances be symmetrical, that is, if I put ft_html 
in one ItemPerformance instance, do I have to make sure it is in all of them?

If we do not have a particular piece of data, is it preferable to skip the 
element, put an empty element, or put an element containing the integer zero?

Thanks,
Colin

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Colin Prince
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University of Toronto Libraries