Upgrade StorageTranslator not loaded for French national catalog of academic libraries (sudoc)
Hello,
I posted earlier on zotero-dev ( https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/zotero-dev/Kp54deoZy5I ) without any success, I hope this message will draw more attention :)
Sudoc is built using PICA software and up to some week ago, the translator "Library catalog (PICA)" was loaded perfectly when visiting the site. This is not the case anymore and when you visit a record ( http://www.sudoc.abes.fr/DB=2.1/SRCH?IKT=12&TRM=184394481 for example ) the only available option is the web page save.
The issue is that if you open Zotero with Scaffold extension installed, and use the browser to visit the record indicated above, the "Library catalog (PICA)" does appear in the matching translator list. So I assume the translator is still ok for the website, the issue is that it is not found within the browser when visiting the page. I had opened an issue on https://github.com/zotero/zotero-connectors/issues/216 based on the assumption it was related to the connector but it seems this forum should me more suitable for this issue.
I know this translator, I am amongst the people having developed it but I have not been able to find the origin of the error so if someone with more knowledge has any idea that would be great! Sudoc is the catalog for all academic libraries in France so it's a problem that Zotero is not working with it :(
I posted earlier on zotero-dev ( https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/zotero-dev/Kp54deoZy5I ) without any success, I hope this message will draw more attention :)
Sudoc is built using PICA software and up to some week ago, the translator "Library catalog (PICA)" was loaded perfectly when visiting the site. This is not the case anymore and when you visit a record ( http://www.sudoc.abes.fr/DB=2.1/SRCH?IKT=12&TRM=184394481 for example ) the only available option is the web page save.
The issue is that if you open Zotero with Scaffold extension installed, and use the browser to visit the record indicated above, the "Library catalog (PICA)" does appear in the matching translator list. So I assume the translator is still ok for the website, the issue is that it is not found within the browser when visiting the page. I had opened an issue on https://github.com/zotero/zotero-connectors/issues/216 based on the assumption it was related to the connector but it seems this forum should me more suitable for this issue.
I know this translator, I am amongst the people having developed it but I have not been able to find the origin of the error so if someone with more knowledge has any idea that would be great! Sudoc is the catalog for all academic libraries in France so it's a problem that Zotero is not working with it :(
I can see the issue with saving from the search results. Seems like if you load http://www.sudoc.abes.fr/xslt/DB=2.1/SET=9/TTL=1/CMD?ACT=SRCHA&IKT=1016&SRT=RLV&TRM=test then it works fine, however by default the library serves the results at http://www.sudoc.abes.fr//DB=2.1/SET=9/TTL=1/CMD?ACT=SRCHA&IKT=1016&SRT=RLV&TRM=test (note the missing xslt just after domain name), which makes all the subsequent URLs also follow that signature, which ends up serving documents in PICA XML format instead of plain HTML. Seems like there is some JS in the PICA catalogue that tries to rewrite the URL, but fails with newer versions of browsers (Zotero is based on Firefox ESR). Even with a modern browser this likely wouldn't have been a problem before the switch to XHR processDocuments. On the other hand e.g. goettingen catalogue works fine. Translator folk will need to look at this.
With this debugged connector loaded, it seems that the two different URLs for list are both working fine.
The only issue is that I don't see the bottom right pop-up showing but I assume it might be related to the "debugging" status of the extension.
1. Open the Zotero Connector preferences right-click the extension button and select Options/Preferences.
2. In the Advanced tab of the Zotero Connector preferences, check the box next to “Enable Logging.” Do not close this tab.
3. In a new tab navigate to the page that doesn't display the progress indicator, wait for it to load, save a record and wait some time for it to finish saving.
4. Go back to the Advanced tab of the Zotero Connector preferences, uncheck "Enable Logging" and click Submit to Zotero Server.
5. You will be provided with a Debug ID (e.g., “D12345678”). Please post the Debug ID in this thread.
I have installed the beta release. The translator is loaded and record is saved but as previously I don't see the temporary popup in bottom right corner.
I am using Ubuntu 16.04.3 with FF 57.0.4 but I imagine you get all this information using the debug id.
If you need more information please let me know.
Using the release version, the translator is not loaded so I am not able to replicate the test.
But trying to save an item from the result list generates an error message. I have generated a debug report D973362613 and it seems that the title is not saved. I am trying with the page http://www.sudoc.abes.fr//DB=2.1/SET=2/TTL=1/CMD?ACT=SRCHA&IKT=1016&SRT=RLV&TRM=bordeaux and the first item of the list. As previously, it is working withing scaffold so I assume the issue is still related to the connector and the way it interacts with recent versions of FF (58.0 in my case).
S.