Perl Modules Wish List

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Last Updated: Oct 23, 2010 01:26

Description
Not really a code contribution. In the Voyager Developers' meeting we decided to come up with a list of Perl modules we'd like to see distributed with Perl in Ex Libris products (not just Voyager). Please add your wishes.
Author: Ere Maijala
Additional author(s):
Institution: None
Year: 2010

Modules - Wish List
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Modules - List of Perl 5.8.8 Core Modules + Ex Libris Installed Perl Modules

Modules - Wish List

This table lists modules that are not currently available for a particular Ex Libris application server, but are desired. Please add a reason for the request in the notes field and also indicate on which application server (e.g. Voyager server, SFX server) the module should be installed. If the module is required for a Perl script that is distributed on EL Commons, please indicate what script.

To see if a module is already available, check the other table below this one labeled "List of Perl 5.8.8 Core Modules + Ex Libris Installed Perl Modules"

I've used the following notation:
A = available
? = unknown
N = Not available
X = not necessary

Feel free to debate

Module	Notes	Aleph	Voyager	Primo	MetaLib	SFX	Verde	Rosetta	DigiTool
Data::UUID	To create unique identifiers
DBD::Oracle	To access Oracle databases	A	A	?	A	X	?	?	?
DBD::MySQL	To access MySQL databases. This would be useful even in products that don't use MySQL because it could be used as the backing store for other data.	N	N	?	N	A	?	?	?
DBI	To access databases
HTML::TreeBuilder	To parse HTML
HTTP::BrowserDetect	This or similar function - this covers Chrome OS, and mobile devices. To be able to easily detect the browser type and what content to serve.
HTTP::Cookies	To use cookies with LWP
HTTP::Date	To parse and convert dates
HTTP::Request	To make HTTP requests
HTTP::Request::Common	To make HTTP requests
HTTP::Response	To make HTTP requests
JSON	"converts Perl data structures to JSON and vice versa" (e.g. to interpret JSON repsonses by SFX plugins)					N
JSON::XS	used by JSON.pm above					N
LWP::Parallel	To make multiple HTTP requests in parallel (e.g. in MetaLib external search programs or SFX plug-ins)					N
LWP::UserAgent	To make HTTP requests
MARC::Batch	"Handling files of MARC::Record objects"					A
MARC::Record	"Handling MARC records"					A
MIME::Lite	To easily send emails with attachments
Net::LDAP
Net::LDAPS
PDF::API2::Simple	To generate PDF documents on the fly, used by my circulation notices script
POE	Web services
Proc::ProcessTable	To list and manipulate running processes
Proc::ProcessTable::Process	To list and manipulate running processes
URI
URI::Escape	To encode and decode characters in URI's					A
XML::DOM	To parse and create XML documents
XML::LibXML	To parse and create XML documents
XML::LibXSLT	To do XSL transformations
XML::Simple	To parse and create XML documents (very easy, very basic)					A
XML::Writer	To write an XML document (e.g. for an HTTP post request by SFX plugin)					A
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Comments

Ere: I've made a bunch of changes to this page. I hope I haven't messed things up. I wanted to add data on the modules that were already available either because they were core modules or modules already installed by Ex Libris. That turned out to be a very large table, so it made sense to separate that table from the wish list table, so that the wish list modules wouldn't get lost in the clutter. I also removed the few core module entries to the original table. – Michael Doran

Modules - List of Perl 5.8.8 Core Modules + Ex Libris Installed Perl Modules

Perl core modules have a "Y" in the "Core?" column. If a server has Perl 5.8.8 or later, those modules should be available.

Modules with an "N" in the "Core?" column are ones that are installed by Ex Libris. For the non-core Ex Libris installed Perl modules, if an application has "A" in the column, that module should be available on that server.

So for instance, an application server such as a MetaLib server will have all the core modules plus all the non-core modules with an "A" in the MetaLib column.

Note that some modules are listed twice – as Core and also non-core. That indicates that Ex Libris may have installed a later (or earlier) version of that module than what comes with the default distribution.

So far only data for the Voyager v.7, MetaLib v.4, and SFX v.3 applications has been filled in.

Module	Core?	Aleph	Voyager	MetaLib	SFX
Algorithm::Diff	N		A		A
Algorithm::LUHN	N		A
Algorithm::Permute	N		A
AnyDBM_File	Y
Archive::Tar	N		A		A
Archive::Zip	N		A
Attribute::Handlers	Y
AutoLoader	Y
AutoSplit	Y
B::Concise	Y
B::Debug	Y
B::Deparse	Y
Benchmark::Timer	N				A
Benchmark	Y
Bit::Vector	N			A
B	Y
B::Lint	Y
B::Showlex	Y
B::Terse	Y
Business::ISBN	N				A
Business::ISBN::Data	N				A
Business::ISSN	N				A
B::Xref	Y
Carp	Y
Carp::Clan	N			A
Carp::Heavy	Y
CGI	N		A	A
CGI	Y
CGI::Apache	Y
CGI::Application	N				A
CGI::Carp	Y
CGI::Cookie	Y
CGI::Fast	Y
CGI::Pretty	Y
CGI::Push	Y
CGI::Session	N			A	A
CGI::Switch	Y
CGI::Util	Y
CIPP	N		A
Class::Accessor	N		A
Class::ISA	Y
Class::Loader	N			A	A
Class::Struct	Y
Compress::Bzip2	N		A
Compress::Raw::Bzip2	N		A
Compress::Raw::Zlib	N		A	A
Compress::Zlib	N		A		A
Config	Y
Convert::ASCII::Armour	N			A	A
Convert::ASN1	N			A	A
Convert::PEM	N			A	A
CPAN	N		A
CPAN	Y
CPAN::FirstTime	Y
CPAN::Nox	Y
Crypt::Blowfish	N			A	A
Crypt::CBC	N			A	A
Crypt::DES	N			A	A
Crypt::DES_EDE3	N			A	A
Crypt::DH	N			A	A
Crypt::DSA	N			A	A
Crypt::IDEA	N				A
Crypt::Primes	N			A	A
Crypt::Random	N			A	A
Crypt::Rijndael	N			A	A
Crypt::RSA	N			A	A
Crypt::SSLeay	N			A	A
Cwd	N		A		A
Cwd	Y
Data::Buffer	N			A	A
Data::Dumper	Y
Data::ShowTable	N				A
Data::UUID	N				A
Date::Calc	N			A
Date::Manip	N		A		A
DBD::Multiplex	N				A
DBD::mysql	N				A
DBD::Oracle	N	A	A	A	A
DB_File	N				A
DB_File	Y
DBI	N		A	A	A
DBI::Shell	N				A
DBM_Filter::compress	Y
DBM_Filter::encode	Y
DBM_Filter::int32	Y
DBM_Filter::null	Y
DBM_Filter::utf8	Y
DBM_Filter	Y
DB	Y
Devel::DProf	Y
Devel::Peek	Y
Devel::PPPort	Y
Devel::SelfStubber	Y
Digest::base	Y
Digest::BubbleBabble	N			A	A
Digest::file	Y
Digest::HMAC	N			A	A
Digest::MD2	N			A	A
Digest::MD5	N			A	A
Digest::MD5	Y
Digest::SHA	N		A
Digest::SHA1	N		A	A	A
Digest	Y
DirHandle	Y
DublinCore::Record	N		A
Dumpvalue	Y
DynaLoader	Y
Encode::Alias	Y
Encode::Byte	Y
Encode::CJKConstants	Y
Encode::CN::HZ	Y
Encode::CN	Y
Encode::Config	Y
Encode::EBCDIC	Y
Encode::Encoder	Y
Encode::Encoding	Y
Encode::Guess	Y
Encode::JP::H2Z	Y
Encode::JP::JIS7	Y
Encode::JP	Y
Encode::KR::2022_KR	Y
Encode::KR	Y
Encode::MIME::Header	Y
Encode::Symbol	Y
Encode::TW	Y
Encode::Unicode::UTF7	Y
Encode::Unicode	Y
Encode	Y
English	Y
Env::Path	N		A
Env	Y
Errno	Y
Event	N				A
Expect	N		A
Exporter::Heavy	Y
Exporter	Y
ExtUtils::CBuilder	N		A
ExtUtils::Command::MM	Y
ExtUtils::Command	Y
ExtUtils::Constant::Base	Y
ExtUtils::Constant::Utils	Y
ExtUtils::Constant::XS	Y
ExtUtils::Constant	Y
ExtUtils::Embed	Y
ExtUtils::Installed	Y
ExtUtils::Install	Y
ExtUtils::Liblist	Y
ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Config	Y
ExtUtils::MakeMaker::FAQ	Y
ExtUtils::MakeMaker	N		A
ExtUtils::MakeMaker::Tutorial	Y
ExtUtils::MakeMaker	Y
ExtUtils::Manifest	Y
ExtUtils::Miniperl	Y
ExtUtils::Mkbootstrap	Y
ExtUtils::Mksymlists	Y
ExtUtils::MM_AIX	Y
ExtUtils::MM_Any	Y
ExtUtils::MM_BeOS	Y
ExtUtils::MM_Cygwin	Y
ExtUtils::MM_DOS	Y
ExtUtils::MM_MacOS	Y
ExtUtils::MM_NW5	Y
ExtUtils::MM_OS2	Y
ExtUtils::MM_QNX	Y
ExtUtils::MM_Unix	Y
ExtUtils::MM_UWIN	Y
ExtUtils::MM_VMS	Y
ExtUtils::MM_VOS	Y
ExtUtils::MM_Win32	Y
ExtUtils::MM_Win95	Y
ExtUtils::MM	Y
ExtUtils::MY	Y
ExtUtils::Packlist	Y
ExtUtils::testlib	Y
Fatal	Y
Fcntl	Y
File::Basename	Y
FileCache	Y
File::CheckTree	Y
File::Compare	Y
File::Copy	Y
File::CounterFile	N				A
File::DosGlob	Y
File::Find	Y
File::Glob	Y
File::HomeDir	N		A
File::MMagic	N				A
File::Path	Y
File::Read	N			A
File::Slurp	N			A
File::Spec::Cygwin	Y
File::Spec::Epoc	Y
File::Spec::Functions	Y
File::Spec::Mac	Y
File::Spec::OS2	Y
File::Spec::Unix	Y
File::Spec::VMS	Y
File::Spec::Win32	Y
File::Spec	Y
File::stat	Y
File::Temp	N		A
File::Temp	Y
File::Which	N		A
FileHandle	Y
Filter	N				A
Filter::Simple	Y
Filter::Util::Call	Y
FindBin	Y
Getopt::Long	Y
Getopt::Mixed	N		A
Getopt::Std	Y
Hash::Util	Y
HTML::FillInForm	N				A
HTML::Parser	N		A	A	A
HTML::TagFilter	N			A
HTML::Tagset	N		A	A	A
HTML::Template	N				A
HTML::Tidy	N		A
HTML-Tree	N		A	A
HTTP::SimpleLinkChecker	N			A
I18N::Collate	Y
I18N::Langinfo	Y
I18N::LangTags::Detect	Y
I18N::LangTags::List	Y
I18N::LangTags	Y
Image::Size	N			A
Inline	N		A
IO	N		A
IO	Y
IO::All	N			A
IO::Capture	N		A
IO::Compress::Base	N		A
IO::Compress::Zlib	N		A
IO::Dir	Y
IO::File	Y
IO::Handle	Y
IO::Pipe	Y
IO::Poll	Y
IO::Seekable	Y
IO::Select	Y
IO::Socket::INET	Y
IO::Socket::SSL	N			A
IO::Socket::UNIX	Y
IO::Socket	Y
IO::String	N		A		A
IO::Tee	N				A
IO::Tty	N		A
IO::Zlib	N		A		A
IPC::Msg	Y
IPC::Open2	Y
IPC::Open3	Y
IPC::Semaphore	Y
IPC::SysV	Y
Jcode	N			A
libintl-perl	N		A
libwww-perl	N				A
libxml-enno	N			A
List::Util	N		A
List::Util	Y
Locale::Constants	Y
Locale::Country	Y
Locale::Currency	Y
Locale::Language	Y
Locale::Maketext	Y
Locale::Script	Y
LWP	N		A
LWP::Parallel	N
Mail::Sendmail	N				A
MARC::Charset	N		A		A
MARC::Crosswalk::DublinCore	N		A
MARC::File::MARCMaker	N		A
MARC::Record	N		A		A
MARC-XML	N		A
Math::BigFloat	Y
Math::BigInt	Y
Math::BigInt::CalcEmu	Y
Math::BigInt::Calc	Y
Math::BigRat	Y
Math::Complex	Y
Math::GMP	N			A	A
Math::Pari	N			A	A
Math::Trig	Y
Memoize	Y
Memoize::AnyDBM_File	Y
Memoize::ExpireFile	Y
Memoize::ExpireTest	Y
Memoize::Expire	Y
Memoize::NDBM_File	Y
Memoize::SDBM_File	Y
Memoize::Storable	Y
MIME::Base64	N			A	A
MIME::Base64	Y
MIME::Lite	N			A
MIME::QuotedPrint	Y
mod_perl	N				A
mod_perl2	N			A
Module::Build	N		A
NDBM_File	Y
Net	N		A	A	A
Net::Cmd	Y
Net::Config	Y
Net::Daemon	N				A
Net::Domain	Y
Net::FTP	Y
Net::Gen	N		A
Net::hostent	Y
Net::HTTPTunnel	N		A
Net::netent	Y
Net::Netmask	N		A
Net::Netrc	Y
Net::NNTP	Y
Net::PH	N				A
Net::Ping	Y
Net::POP3	Y
Net::protoent	Y
Net::servent	Y
Net::SFTP	N			A	A
Net::SMTP	Y
Net::SNPP	N				A
Net::SOCKS	N		A
Net::SSH	N			A	A
Net::SSLeay	N			A
Net::Telnet	N				A
Net::TFTP	N		A
Net::Time	Y
Net::Traceroute	N		A
Net::Z3950	N				A
NetAddr::IP	N				A
NEXT	Y
O	Y
Opcode	Y
Parse::RecDescent	N		A		A
PDF::API2::Simple	N
PerlIO	Y
PerlIO::encoding	Y
PerlIO::scalar	Y
PerlIO::via::QuotedPrint	Y
PerlIO::via	Y
perl-ldap	N			A
Pod::Checker	Y
Pod::Escapes	N		A
Pod::Find	Y
Pod::Functions	Y
Pod::Html	Y
Pod::InputObjects	Y
Pod::LaTeX	Y
Pod::Man	Y
Pod::ParseLink	Y
Pod::Parser	Y
Pod::ParseUtils	Y
Pod::Perldoc::ToChecker	Y
Pod::Perldoc::ToMan	Y
Pod::Perldoc::ToNroff	Y
Pod::Perldoc::ToPod	Y
Pod::Perldoc::ToRtf	Y
Pod::Perldoc::ToText	Y
Pod::Perldoc::ToTk	Y
Pod::Perldoc::ToXml	Y
Pod::Plainer	Y
Pod::PlainText	Y
Pod::Select	Y
Pod::Simple	N		A
Pod::Text	Y
Pod::Text::Color	Y
Pod::Text::Overstrike	Y
Pod::Text::Termcap	Y
Pod::Usage	Y
POSIX	Y
Regexp::Common	N		A
RPC::PlServer	N				A
Safe	Y
Scalar::Util	Y
Schedule::Cron	N		A
SDBM_File	Y
Search::Dict	Y
SelectSaver	Y
SelfLoader	Y
Shell	Y
SOAP::Lite	N			A	A
SOAP::WSDL	N			A
Socket	Y
Sort::Versions	N			A	A
Spiffy	N			A
SQL::Statement	N		A
Statistics::Descriptive	N				A
Statistics::Distributions	N				A
Statistics::TTest	N				A
Stat::lsMode	N		A
Storable	Y
String::CRC32	N			A	A
String::Multibyte	N				A
Sub::Uplevel	N			A
Switch	Y
Symbol	Y
Sys::Hostname	Y
Sys::Syslog	Y
Template	N			A
Term::ANSIColor	Y
Term::Cap	Y
Term::Complete	Y
Term::ReadKey	N		A		A
Term::ReadLine	N		A		A
Term::ReadLine	Y
Test	Y
Test::Builder::Module	Y
Test::Builder::Tester::Color	Y
Test::Builder::Tester	Y
Test::Builder	Y
Test::Exception	N			A
Test::File	N		A
Test::Harness	N		A
Test::Harness	Y
Test::More	Y
Test::Pod	N		A
Test::Simple	N		A	A
Test::Simple	Y
Text::Abbrev	Y
Text::Balanced	Y
Text::Format	N			A
Text::Glob	N		A
Text::ParseWords	Y
Text::Reform	N				A
Text::Soundex	Y
Text::Tabs	Y
Text::Wrap	Y
Thread	Y
Thread::Queue	Y
Thread::Semaphore	Y
Tie::Array	Y
Tie::EncryptedHash	N			A	A
Tie::File	Y
Tie::Handle	Y
Tie::Hash	Y
Tie::Memoize	Y
Tie::RefHash	Y
Tie::Scalar	Y
Tie::SubstrHash	Y
Time::gmtime	Y
Time::HiRes	N				A
Time::HiRes	Y
Time::localtime	Y
Time::Local	Y
Time-modules	N		A
Time::tm	Y
Unicode::Collate	Y
Unicode::Map	N		A	A
Unicode::Map8	N			A
Unicode::MapUTF8	N			A
Unicode::Normalize	Y
Unicode::String	N		A	A	A
Unicode::Transform	N		A
Unicode::UCD	Y
UNIVERSAL	Y
URI	N		A	A	A
User	N		A
User::grent	Y
User::pwent	Y
XML::DOM	N			A
XML::Dumper	N				A
XML::Mini	N			A
XML::NamespaceSupport	N		A	A	A
XML::Parser	N			A	A
XML::SAX	N		A	A	A
XML::SAX::Base	N				A
XML::SAX::Expat	N				A
XML::SAX::ExpatXS	N			A
XML::Simple	N		A	A	A
XML::Writer	N				A
XML::Writer::String	N				A
XML::XPath	N			A
XS::APItest	Y
XSLoader	Y
XS::Typemap	Y
YAML	N		A

Perl Modules Wish List

Modules - Wish List

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Modules - List of Perl 5.8.8 Core Modules + Ex Libris Installed Perl Modules

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