Commentary on NACSIS-CAT SRU Specification [Draft] (July 2022 version)

Introduction

NII have been providing Z39.50 Gateway Server from March 2002 by improving the Z39.50 Gateway Server prototype, a union catalog database that we have been offering since June 2001. We will terminate the Z39.50 gateway server by January 23, 2023 and start providing the SRU server from January 31, 2023.


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SRU Function

Protocol Version:
SRU version 1.1

 

 

How to search

Please refer to the following

https://www.loc.gov/standards/sru/sru-1-1.html

 

 

Datasets to be searched

The following datasets from NACSIS-CAT are targeted for search.

datasets

ID

BOOK B
SERIAL S

The "pica.dbn" search parameter can be used.
Use the ID in the URL of the request.
Combinations of IDs allow you to select multiple datasets at the same time. For example, setting "BS" in the "pica.dbn" search parameter will search both BOOK and SERIAL.

 

 

Record format

Return MARC21 in xml format.

 

 

Character set

The character set is UTF-8 for both requests and returns.
The 880 field descriptive language for MARC21 style returns is as follows:
UTF-8 Japanese Kana

 

 

List of SRU search variables

SRU Variable

Z39.50 Attributes

Value

CATP Search Fields

Search Target Files

pica.title Title 4 TITLEKEY BOOK/SERIAL
pica.auth Author 1003 AUTHKEY BOOK/SERIAL
pica.year Date of publication 31 YEARKEY BOOK/SERIAL
pica.publ Publisher 1018 PUBLKEY BOOK/SERIAL
pica.pubp Place of publication 59 PUBKEY BOOK/SERIAL
pica.ptbl Title series 5 TITLEKEY BOOK/SERIAL
pica.isbn ISBN 7 ISBNKEY BOOK
pica.ncid Local number 12 ID BOOK/SERIAL
pica.issn ISSN 8 ISSNKEY BOOK/SERIAL
pica.sh Subject heading 21 SHKEY BOOK/SERIAL
pica.ddc Dewey classification 13 DDCKEY BOOK
pica.lccn LC card number 9 LCCN BOOK/SERIAL
pica.lang Code—language 54 LANGKEY BOOK/SERIAL
pica.cntry Code--geographic area 55 CNTRY BOOK/SERIAL
pica.coden CODEN 60 CODEN SERIAL

 

 

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Last updated
2023-01-30