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:::: Hmm. I hear you. But we have some items for some patrons that can be checked out, but you've got to go get them from the stacks yourself. There are other items for certain patrons that can be checked out, and you can click a button and have them waiting at the circ desk. There are other items that can be checked out, and you can have them delivered to your office. The end result of all of these things could be considered a 'loan' -- but it matters to the user which of these things are available, the difference in convenience may effect their decision of whether to access the item at this time or not. How should this be encoded in DAIA so it can be presented to the user? I'm trying to take a stab at it, I hear your critique, but I'm still not sure the better way to do it. I see how to create new services simply by creating new URI's for them in DAIA -- you mention 'sub-service', but how can I extend DAIA with a 'sub-service', what does this look like? * Similarly: It matters to the user whether they can do 'presentation' by simply going to the stacks and picking it up themselves, and reading it in the library location of their choice, or whether they can only access 'presentation' by filing a request, waiting a certain amount of time, and then viewing the material during certain business hours of a special reading room in that special reading room. (Another actual situation in my actual library). How should this be represented in a DAIA response, so it can be communicated to the user? I am not sure. Any ideas? [[User:Jrochkind|Jrochkind]] 19:3133, 27 October 2009 (PDT)