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ICOLC Use Data WebinarEpisode 3
TANSY MATTHEWSJULY 2010
SUSHI
From the NISO website:
The Standardized Usage Statistics Harvesting Initiative (SUSHI) Protocol standard (ANSI/NISO Z39.93-2007) defines an automated request and response model for the harvesting of electronic resource usage data utilizing a Web services framework. It is intended to replace the time-consuming user-mediated collection of usage data reports.
The protocol was designed to be both generalized and extensible, meaning it could be used to retrieve a variety of usage reports. An extension designed specifically to work with COUNTER reports is provided with the standard, as these are expected to be the most frequently retrieved usage reports.
The standard is built on SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) for transferring request and response messages. The GetReport method is used for transferring ReportRequest as the input message and returning ReportResponseas the output message.
The standard includes a versioned Web Services Description Language (WSDL), to describe the Web service namespace and operations, and a generalized XML schema with the syntax of the SUSHI protocol. Rules for report naming are outlined and complemented by an external reports registry, which provides for the definition of both COUNTER and non-COUNTER reports.
SUSHI Translated (sort of)
SUSHI establishes a standardized format for the DELIVERY of use data, which means that harvesting the use data can be automated.
How SUSHI works
ERMLocal SUSHI client
Developments
PRO: Serials Solutions developed an open-source SUSHI client called MISO
CON: Still needed someone who could make it work.
CON: Not practical for consortia harvesting use data for many institutions.
Things coming together
CR1 began causing problems – simply too large
Possible solution – develop a means to use MISO to batch download individual JR1s for all consortia members.
Unnamed Batch Download Tool
Developed by Oliver Pesch at EBSCO.
Feeds a list of a consortia’s members, with login credentials, to a vendor’s SUSHI server. COUNTER reports are batch-downloaded to a specified directory.
Since they’re XML files, they can then be loaded directly into Excel.
Command Line Version
Library CodeProvider NameRelease URL Requestor IDRequestor NameRequestor E-MailCustomer IDCustomer Name JR1 DB1 DB2(Not yet Supported)AU Bioone 3 http://www.bioone.org/api/soap/analytics/[email protected]? ? 1234 Averett University y n nBRCC Bioone 3 http://www.bioone.org/api/soap/analytics/[email protected]? ? 2345 Blue Ridge Community College y n nCNU Bioone 3 http://www.bioone.org/api/soap/analytics/[email protected]? ? 3456 Christopher Newport University y n nCVCC Bioone 3 http://www.bioone.org/api/soap/analytics/[email protected]? ? 4567 Central Virginia Community Collegey n nCWM Bioone 3 http://www.bioone.org/api/soap/analytics/[email protected]? ? 5678 College of William and Mary y n nDCC Bioone 3 http://www.bioone.org/api/soap/analytics/[email protected]? ? 6789 Danville Community College y n nDSLCC Bioone 3 http://www.bioone.org/api/soap/analytics/[email protected]? ? 7890 Dabney S. Lancaster Community Collegey n n
Config file
Command Line
HARVEST command downloads the specified COUNTER report from the specified vendor for all institutions listed in the config file.
The downloads for VIVA take a matter of minutes.
Command Line
Files are saved in a specified directory.
Because they are XML files, they can be loaded directly into an Excel spreadsheet or Access database, whichever you prefer.
XML Reminder
SUSHI delivers all reports in XML, so they can be loaded directly into Excel or Access.
Status check
GUI interface is in first stages of testing.
Command line interface seems to be working well.
