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Tom
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Subject: [BOAI] Open Content Service Launched
Index Data has launched a new service to expose open content
resources. The initial phase of this service offers ebooks, open
access digital repositories, encyclopedia articles, and
human-reviewed Internet resources. This service is being offered
without charge.
Using standard search protocols such as SRU and Z39.50, system
administrators will be able to make open content part of their
institution's information portals, federated search systems, catalogs
etc. Additional background information and connection instructions
are available at
www.indexdata.com/opencontent. The initial open
content being offered consists of the following resources:
Ebooks from the Open Content Alliance
Ebooks from Project Gutenberg
Internet resources selected for review by the Open Directory
Project
OAI-compliant resources, the metadata of which has been
harvested by OAIster
Wikipedia articles
As an example of the benefits of being able to metasearch open
resources, we are making freely available a pre-release demo version
of Index Data's MasterKey search service that has these open content
resources as targets at
http://mkey.indexdata.com/demo. MasterKey is
based on pazpar2, a metasearch engine that will be released under the
General Public License within the next month or two.
Comments, questions, or suggestions can be made through our open
content listserv, oclist, available for subscription at
http://lists.indexdata.dk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/oclist, or by
writing info(a)indexdata.com.
Regards,
David
David Dorman
US Marketing Manager, Index Data
52 Whitman Ave.
West Hartford, Connecticut 06107
dorman(a)indexdata.com
860-389-1568 or toll free 866-489-1568
fax: 860-561-5613
INDEX DATA Means Business
for Open Source and Open Standards
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