Nameresolver
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<p>This provides a bookmarkable URL for incorporation into DLXS templates and other web pages.</p> | <p>This provides a bookmarkable URL for incorporation into DLXS templates and other web pages.</p> | ||
| - | <p>The program works by parsing the <tt>ID</tt> attribute of the <tt>A</tt> field in Bib Class and appending the value of that attribute to the <tt>http://name.umdl.umich.edu/</tt> prefix. The record associated with the <tt>A</tt> field is what the user sees when they link to the short, persistent, nameresolver URL, e.g., http://name.umdl.umich.edu/1462339.1913.002">http://name.umdl.umich.edu/1462339.1913.002</p> | + | <p>The program works by parsing the <tt>ID</tt> attribute of the <tt>A</tt> field in Bib Class and appending the value of that attribute to the <tt>http://name.umdl.umich.edu/</tt> prefix. The record associated with the <tt>A</tt> field is what the user sees when they link to the short, persistent, nameresolver URL, e.g., <a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/1462339.1913.002">http://name.umdl.umich.edu/1462339.1913.002</a></p> |
<p>To use the program: | <p>To use the program: | ||
Revision as of 12:26, 15 August 2008
Main Page > Working with DLXS Components > Working with DLXS Utilities and Applications > nameresolver
nameresolver is a CGI program that allows lengthy URLs--those with multiple CGI parameters--to be translated to a short URL for permanence. In the case of DLPS, URLs such as:</p>
Get translated to:
This provides a bookmarkable URL for incorporation into DLXS templates and other web pages.
The program works by parsing the ID attribute of the A field in Bib Class and appending the value of that attribute to the http://name.umdl.umich.edu/ prefix. The record associated with the A field is what the user sees when they link to the short, persistent, nameresolver URL, e.g., <a href="http://name.umdl.umich.edu/1462339.1913.002">http://name.umdl.umich.edu/1462339.1913.002</a>
To use the program:
- Create Bib Class records with appropriate ID attributes.
- Create a new group in collmgr with the ID of bibperm with webdir set to /b/bibperm.
- Check those Bib Class collections you want to provide nameresolver URLs for and release the group.
The program itself lives in /{$DLXSROOT}/cgi/b/bib and is called bibperm.
