[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Proposal for a Vendors' Module

[Mike Rylander]

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Jason Stephenson <jstephenson at mvlc.org> wrote:
> Hi, all.
>
> Recently I've had talks with a vendor that one of our library members is
> signing up to use about getting data to them in an efficient manner. It
> turns out that Bibliomation also uses this vendor. While discussing details
> with Bibliomation and the Vendor, we came up with the idea of adding a
> standard Vendor module to Evergreen that can be used to implement custom
> data feeds for the various vendors that we all use.
>
> I have put my notes up on MVLC's EGDev Wiki:
>
> http://egdev.mvlcstaff.org/Vendors_Module
>
> I am looking for input on this proposal before beginning any work. I'd like
> this to be something that is incorporated into mainline Evergreen if it
> turns out to be something that would be truly useful for the reasons
> outlined in the Rationale section of the above document.
>
> You can leave comments on the Wiki or reply to this email.
>

I read through the wiki page, but I'm unclear on what data is desired
by the vendor.  Could you provide sample output that would be expected
for a hypothetical vendor?

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