[VUFIND-1289] Implement Crossref search backend Created: 25/Jun/18 Updated: 16/Sep/22 |
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| Status: | Open |
| Project: | VuFind® |
| Components: | Search |
| Affects versions: | None |
| Fix versions: | Wishlist |
| Type: | New Feature | Priority: | Minor |
| Reporter: | Demian Katz | Assignee: | Unassigned |
| Resolution: | Unresolved | Votes: | 0 |
| Labels: | None | ||
| Remaining Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
| Time Spent: | Not Specified | ||
| Original estimate: | Not Specified | ||
| Description |
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Crossref offers an API (available in both free and paid versions) to search metadata in its database. See: https://github.com/CrossRef/rest-api-doc This appears to meet the basic requirements necessary to build a VuFind search backend and could likely be supported if demand justifies the work (or a volunteer is willing to work on the project). |
| Comments |
| Comment by Demian Katz [ 16/Sep/22 ] |
| A related note: Crossref metadata can be downloaded in its entirety via [academictorrents.com|http://academictorrents.com] (see [https://www.crossref.org/blog/new-public-data-file-120-million-metadata-records/|https://www.crossref.org/blog/new-public-data-file-120-million-metadata-records/|smart-link] for an announcement). It may be possible to build a local index of this data (assuming you have a Solr setup capable of handling 120 million records). That may be a complement/alternative to building a backend. If this is of interest, feel free to open a separate JIRA ticket to track it. |