[VUFIND-1142] OCLC Shutting Down xID (xISBN/xISSN/xOCLCNum) services may affect VuFind Created: 17/Dec/15 Updated: 18/Dec/15 Resolved: 18/Dec/15 |
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| Status: | Resolved |
| Project: | VuFind® |
| Components: | Record |
| Affects versions: | None |
| Fix versions: | 3.0 |
| Type: | Bug | Priority: | Major |
| Reporter: | Demian Katz | Assignee: | Demian Katz |
| Resolution: | Fixed | Votes: | 0 |
| Labels: | None | ||
| Remaining Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
| Time Spent: | Not Specified | ||
| Original estimate: | Not Specified | ||
| Description |
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OCLC has announced the end of their xID services, which VuFind uses for linking to related editions on the record view: http://www.oclc.org/developer/news/2015/change-to-xid-services.en.html We will need to remove this functionality from VuFind, since no successor service has been announced. Once the API is offline, VuFind's attempts to access it may cause performance problems and/or errors, especially in early versions (i.e. VuFind 1.x) which had less robust error handling. Instructions for disabling the service in earlier versions of VuFind will be posted here as best practices are determined. Please post comments here if you have questions/problems. |
| Comments |
| Comment by Demian Katz [ 18/Dec/15 ] |
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To disable xID functionality in VuFind 2.x, just comment out the `related[] = "Editions"` setting in config.ini -- see https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/blob/v2.5/config/vufind/config.ini#L1090 If using the WorldCat module, comment out the similar `related[] = "WorldCatEditions"` setting in WorldCat.ini. Also watch out for any custom code that relies on the WorldCatUtils class -- https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/blob/v2.5/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Connection/WorldCatUtils.php -- though it is fairly unlikely that anyone has created any. |
| Comment by Demian Katz [ 18/Dec/15 ] |
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To disable xID functionality in VuFind 1.x, remove references to "editions" in web/services/Record/Record.php. This code will vary from version to version, but here is the final 1.x version: https://sourceforge.net/p/vufind/svn/HEAD/tree/trunk/web/services/Record/Record.php#l191 If you prefer to deal with this at a lower level, you could instead revise web/sys/WorldCatUtils.php to return empty arrays from all of the getX*() methods. See https://sourceforge.net/p/vufind/svn/HEAD/tree/trunk/web/sys/WorldCatUtils.php |
| Comment by Demian Katz [ 18/Dec/15 ] |
| Full removal of xID code from VuFind master took place here: https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/commit/32cab5d4130fd3cdcf20cec5f81fa109c3a9b4cd |