The Web service for obtaining a catalogue of publications for lending works in a similar way to that for obtaining products for the general public, as described in Integrating ebook selling to a website. However, as the library offer has some unique features, the content returned by the platform has to be treated differently.
In Cantook platforms, library offers are distinct products (ONIX records), since each library offer describes its licence (usage restrictions). Consequently, the library offer has its own identifier. This can be an ISBN, an EAN, or an automatically generated internal key.
Please refer to the guide ONIX 3.0 for library offers for information on how to handle these products and their technical features.
To identify publications that are available for loan, use the following tags:
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| ONIX 3.0 | - The publication is not available for loan if the
<SalesRestrictionType> tag is present and contains the value 09. - The publication is available for loan if the
<SalesRestrictionType> tag is missing or does not contain the value 09.
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