This document describes how OPDS User Clients should interpret OPDS published by a Library SImplified Circulation Manager.
There are two types of clients that are designed to work with the Circulation Manager
- e-Reader clients (SimplyE Android and iOS) are designed to help users
- find libraries that run circulation managers via the library registry
- discover content at specific library via a circulation manager OPDS catalog
- access and interact with content e,g read EPUBs or PDFs, or listen to Audio-books)
- re-access content they have accessed through a library and save their reading locations
- Catalog client (Patron Circulation Web) is designed to help users
- discover content at specific library via a circulation manager
- re-access content they have accessed or downloaded already,
- save the fact they have "borrowed" a piece of content via the web from a Circulation Manager so it can also be accessed by a SimplyE Mobile client
Note: How Clients should interpret OPDS published by a Circulation Manager
E-Reader Clients SHOULD evaluate the acquisition link media type to understand if it can support (render or play) the type of file in an OPDS feed
E-Reader and Catalog Clients SHOULD evaluate the order of the links in the OPDS feed to understand the fulfillment process (indrect or direct) AND library preference / requirements for accessing content from a circulation manager regardless of the content copyright. e.g if a patron authentication is configured in the circulation manager and there is OA content or public domain content configured collections, the user will be required to log in to access. If no patron authentication is configured, then the clients will allow access without authentication.
