[openbiblio-dev] Collections in Bibliographica

Mon Mar 28 16:16:12 UTC 2011

On 03/28/2011 04:36 PM, Jim Pitman wrote:
>> After that, you will see the collection listed on the sidebar every time
>> you visit an entry/work page, and you will be able to add more items to
>> it by clicking on the [add] link.
> 
> I could not make this work. I'm at  http://bnb.bibliographica.org/entry/GB5000530#
> I see 
> Pitman Collection [add]
> in the sidebar.
> But when I click "add" nothing happens.

If the collection gets updated you will see the item highlighted.
Can you please tell me which browser you are using? Did you tried once,
or more times? It works from here, I wonder if maybe was a database
timeout or similar...

> When I click "Pitman Collection" I see my collection of 1 item.
> 
> Some further questions:
> 
> -- how to make bulk additions to a collection (e.g. all responses to a search like mathematics).

This is still not possible, though for sure it would be good to have.
> 
> --- How large can a collection be ?
>
Right now there is no predefined limit on the size of the collection,
though maybe there is for some 'renders' of the collections (the
collections page, for example, http://bibliographica.org/collection,
displays 20 collections)

> -- How can I export the data in my collections?
> 
Sono you will be able to access from the web interface the .rdf / .nt /
.n3 / .json versions of the collection as it happens right now with the
works, i.e. http://bnb.bibliographica.org/entry/GB5000530 is also
available as http://bnb.bibliographica.org/entry/GB5000530.rdf,
http://bnb.bibliographica.org/entry/GB5000530,n3 etc

> -- Generally, what facilities for bulk import/export of data collections?

This is part of future development, as in export to your zotero or other
features. Good to see that you also look for them!

> 
> Small bug: link to http://dewey.info/scheme/e18 on page above gives a 404

As Karen points out, this external resource is not resolving. The e18
part of it is the release of the Notation, that can change the meaning
of it! Sadly, the notation '213.451' can be one subject in the Dewey
scheme version e18 and another in the e22... usually just adding new
subjects but sometimes changing the meaning, if I am not mistaken.

I still dont know how far can we go on using the Dewey propietary scheme
though... but the idea is to be able to browse by it at least (see
https://bitbucket.org/okfn/openbiblio/issue/42 )

Thanks for your comments!

> 
> Great to see the progress
> 
> --Jim
> 
> ----------------------------------------------
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> 
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