Transformation Service

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ID (Label)

TS

Complete Name

Transformation Service

Status

Implemented

Description

The purpose of this service is to provide methods to deal with and distribute the transformation of various textual data formats. The Transformation Service supports various transformations, like:

• Citationstyles (e.g.: APA, AJP)
• Different metadata formats (e.g.: eSciDoc, arXiv, PubMed)
• Microformats (Coins)
• Common publication formats (BibTex, EndNote)

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Operations Overview

The Transformation service supports the following operations:

Operation	Status	Input	Output	Description
getSourceFormats	implemented		Format[]	Scope:Public Gives back a Format List of all source formats the Transformation Service can handle.
getSourceFormatsAsXml	implemented		String	Scope:Public Gives back a xml representation of all source formats the Transformation Service can handle.
getTargetFormats	implemented	Format	Format[]	Scope:Public Gives back a Format List of all formats the given source Format can be transformed into.
getTargetFormatsAsXml	implemented	String srcFormatName, String srcType, String srcEncoding	String	Scope:Public Gives back a xml representation of all formats the given source Format can be transformed into.
transform	implemented	byte[] src, String srcFormatName, String srcType, String srcEncoding, String trgFormatName, String trgType, String trgEncoding, String service	byte[]	Scope:Public Transforms a given src object in a given source format into a target object in a given format, using a given service.
transform	implemented	byte[] src, Format sourceFormat, Format targetFormat, String service	byte[]	Scope:Public Transforms a given src object in a given source format into a target object in a given format, using a given service.

Services for Transformation

• Implemented:
  • eSciDoc
• Considered:
  • Crosswalk

Interfaces

• Implemented:
  • EJB
• Considered:
  • REST
  • SOAP

Identifier

American Psychological Association

Apache JServ Protocol

Enhanced Scientific Documentation

Reference Management Software for Lists of References

Enterprise JavaBeans

Representational State Transfer

Simple Object Access Protocol