rss + sfx in mt

"Was inspired by something Tangognat said in my comments about linking RSS search results to link resolvers being an important piece of any ideal citation management software, so over lunch today I whipped up this proof of concept:

• rss + sfx in mt

Using MovableType and the MTRSSFeed plugin, I'm pretty much just grabbing and listing the RSS feed of search results already kindly generated by HubMed (of PubMed). For each item, I also grab the guid (where the HubMed feed puts the pmid) and then use that to generate the necessary openurl....

Anyway, this is strictly proof of concept and not necessarily of real use or functionality. It still needs all those other pieces that I want in a citation manager. But it does give me hope. If this kind of baby step is possible using just MT plugins over someone's lunch break, imagine what a real programmer can do. :)

Later -- The SFX links now point to the Ex Libris demo link resolver instead of the link resolver belonging to my library. Which actually now makes these SFX links the exact same as the ones you can already find on the HubMed site. Oh well. But you get the idea. Just pretend that you're also getting a slew of full-text options linking you directly to the article in question." [rawbrick weblog]

Now that's what I'm talking about! A beautiful proof of concept relevant to What I Wanted to Say at BloggerCon. Be sure to view the demo, pick an entry, and click on "SFX Link" to see a better visualization of what I was trying to say.

Thanks, Carol!