Alpha release of the LAARC Search API is live
November 8, 2009 Archaeology, LAARC catalogue, Websites| The LAARC Search API is the beginning of upgrading and remodelling the original LAARC Catalogue web site. The LAARC Search API allows you to build your own specific search queries, and results will be returned in xml format. In addition, you will still be able to use the ‘Simple Search’ and ‘Advanced Search’ features of the existing LAARC Online Catalogue to search for data.At the end of the first phase we released a prototype of the LAARC Data Service. Apart form the API documentation, currently there is not much visual effect. The last two months were spent on re-writing the application code behind the GUI in order to open possibilities for the extension of the search functionality and for the new feature reach LAARC Catalogue web GUI.Many thanks to those who responded to our September’09 survey. Your comments gave us an impetus for planning our work and prioritising tasks. We also drew inspirations from existing museum and archaeology data providers such as ADS and Brooklyn Museum.If you’d like to check it out, the documentation pages for LAARC Search API are here.
Your evaluation feedback is very important to us. And, if you come across any bugs, do send us an email or leave a comment on this blog. Please, include the search url that caused the error or a sequence of steps that resulted in error. Julia Fernee, on behalf of the Museum of London Web Team |
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