Re: [IUG] WebBridge question

[Bob Duncan <duncanr at lafayette dot edu>]

At 05:55 PM 04/16/2007, Susan wrote:
> Using release 2006LE.
>
> I've been experimenting with WebBridge on our staging port, and I 
> think I must be missing something really obvious.
>
> Apart from making a resource "active", what determines whether a 
> category and it's associated resource(s) appear when the More 
> Information button is clicked?
>
> I've been activating and deacvtivating various resources as supplied 
> by Innovative to see what they look like and how they behave, and 
> I've noticed that some resources/categories don't appear once they 
> are activated, and I can't find any differences in the setups of 
> like resources.

Resources belong to categories, and categories are assigned to 
origins.  To determine what categories (of resources) appear in the 
WebOPAC, you specify the categories in your origin definition for the WebOPAC.

For a resource to appear, it must belong to a category assigned to 
the origin.  Additionally, most folks apply data tests to the 
resource definitions so that the resources only appear under 
appropriate conditions.  For example, say you have access to a 
business database and an art encyclopedia.  It doesn't make a whole 
lot of sense to offer users a link to the business database from a 
bib record for an art book or to the art encyclopedia from a bib 
record for a business book.  Applying data tests that determine the 
general subject area of the bib record allows WebBridge to make the 
call.  Absent any data test(s), a resource should appear as long as 
it belongs to a category assigned to the origin.

BTW, there's a closed WebBridge list run by Innovative.  Contact the 
help desk to subscribe.

Bob Duncan



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