From 12ee39da89f5480385258ced8d1a72bcbfe6026c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan Scott Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 16:17:32 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] TPAC discoverability release notes entry Signed-off-by: Dan Scott --- .../OPAC/discoverability.txt | 44 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/RELEASE_NOTES_NEXT/OPAC/discoverability.txt diff --git a/docs/RELEASE_NOTES_NEXT/OPAC/discoverability.txt b/docs/RELEASE_NOTES_NEXT/OPAC/discoverability.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..58c943e770 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/RELEASE_NOTES_NEXT/OPAC/discoverability.txt @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +TPAC Discoverability Enhancements +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +A number of discoverability enhancements have been made to the catalog +to better support search engines: + + * Titles of catalog pages now follow a "Page title - Library name" pattern + to provide more specific titles in search results, bookmarks, and browser + tabs. + * The OpenSearch title now specifies the library name instead of the generic + "Evergreen OpenSearch" at every scope. + * Subject headings are now exposed as http://schema.org/about[schema:about] + properties instead of http://schema.org/keyword[schema:keyword]. + * Electronic resources are now assigned a http://schema.org/url[schema:url] + property, and any notes or link text are assigned a + http://schema.org/description[schema:description] property. + * Given a Library of Congress relator code for 1xx and 7xx fields, we now + surface the URL for that relator code along with + the http://schema.org/contributor[schema:contributor] property to give + machines a better chance of understanding how the person or organization + actually contributed to this work. + * Linking out to related records: + ** Given an LCCN (010 field), we link to the corresponding Library of Congress + record using http://schema.org/sameAs[schema:sameAs]. + ** Given an OCLC number (035 field, subfield `a` beginning with `(OCoLC)`), we + link to the corresponding WorldCat record using + http://schema.org/sameAs[schema:sameAs]. + ** Given a URI (024 field, subfield 2 = `'uri'`), we link to the + corresponding OCLC Work Entity record using + http://schema.org/exampleOfWork[schema:exampleOfWork]. + * The sitemap generator script now includes located URIs as well as copies + listed in the `asset.opac_visible_copies` materialized view, and checks + the children or ancestors of the requested libraries for holdings as well. + * Links that robots should not crawl, such as search result links, are now + marked with the http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/release-9-4-1.html[@rel="nofollow"] + property. + * Catalog pages for record details and for library descriptions now express + a https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/139066?hl=en[@rel="canonical"] + link to simplify the number of variations of page URLs that could otherwise + have been derived from different search parameters. + * Catalog pages that do not exist now return a proper 404 "HTTP_NOT_FOUND" + HTTP status code, and record detail pages for records that have been deleted + now return a proper 410 "HTTP_GONE" HTTP status code, instead of returning a + misleading 200 "OK" HTTP status code. -- 2.43.2