[Koha-bugs] [Bug 3634] New: Adding OpenURL link to XSLT ISSN/ISBN

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           Summary: Adding OpenURL link to XSLT ISSN/ISBN
           Product: Koha
           Version: rel_3_0
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows 2000
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P5
         Component: OPAC
        AssignedTo: jwagner at ptfs.com
        ReportedBy: jwagner at ptfs.com
   Estimated Hours: 0.0
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I'd like to get some feedback as to whether people think this would be useful. 
One of my sites asked for a search link from Koha to their SFX OpenURL
resolver. (They're using the COinS / OpenURL now, but that apparently requires
a browser plugin -- they want a permanent link available to all users.)  They
want to do this for both ISSN and ISBN because they manage ebooks through SFX
as well.

I succeeded in modifying the MARC21slim2OPACDetail.xsl file to wrap the ISSN in
the syntax to make a call to the SFX server.  I'm wondering if (a) people would
find this useful as a general patch, and (b) how to set it up to be relatively
generic.  I'm thinking of two sysprefs (one each for ISBN and ISSN) where the
site could fill in the URL of the OpenURL plus the search syntax as a prefix. 
For example: 

http://my.sfx.server/?issn=

Then, if there is a value in the syspref, pass it into XSLT and make the
ISSN/ISBN a link with that syntax.

I haven't worked with other OpenURL systems besides SFX.  Is this kind of
syntax generic enough?  Do other systems require any kind of postfix (text
after the ISSN/ISBN) as well as a prefix?

Ideas? Comments?


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