Some libraries and bookstores only serve certain geographical areas. The service_area object lets an OPDS server specify its service areas. This helps clients guide people to the OPDS servers that serve their area.
A library's focus_area is the geographic area it focuses on, within its service_area. For public libraries, this is sometimes called the library's jurisdiction.
For example, the New York Public Library has a service_area of New York State, but its focus_area is limited to three of the boroughs of New York City:
This is one of a series of proposals for taking NYPL's extensions to Authentication For OPDS and adding them to the core document.
https://github.com/NYPL-Simplified/Simplified/wiki/Authentication-For-OPDS-Extensions#service_area
Some libraries and bookstores only serve certain geographical areas. The service_area object lets an OPDS server specify its service areas. This helps clients guide people to the OPDS servers that serve their area.
https://github.com/NYPL-Simplified/Simplified/wiki/Authentication-For-OPDS-Extensions#focus_area
A library's
focus_areais the geographic area it focuses on, within itsservice_area. For public libraries, this is sometimes called the library's jurisdiction.For example, the New York Public Library has a
service_areaof New York State, but itsfocus_areais limited to three of the boroughs of New York City: