Re: [CODE4LIB] OCLC shutting down xISBN and xID (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Matching print and electronic editions of the same book)

@Sara: You can lookup using OCLCNumber based and ISBN based URIs. Note I am not using the word ’search’. You are not searching an index for references to a number string, you asking for a description of the thing with identifier ‘ http://worldcat.org/oclc/##’. May seem a little pedantic,

Re: [CODE4LIB] OCLC shutting down xISBN and xID (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Matching print and electronic editions of the same book)

Sara, The canonical URI you are looking for is http://worldcat.org/oclc/8410511 which silently redirects [via a http 303] to where the data is currently stored (experiment.worldcat.org). This approach enables the canonical WorldCat identifiers to be maintained over time in a fixed namespace,

Re: [CODE4LIB] OCLC shutting down xISBN and xID (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Matching print and electronic editions of the same book)

In thinking about using worldcat.org as a bridge to a works record, I'm wondering about using 'experiment.worldcat.org', e.g. http://experiment.worldcat.org/oclc/841051199.jsonld as an easy way to get the work id. I'm having trouble finding out any info about exactly what

[CODE4LIB] OCLC shutting down xISBN and xID (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Matching print and electronic editions of the same book)

Rachel's message evidently prompted this: http://www.oclc.org/developer/news/2015/change-to-xid-services.en.html "OCLC offers an array of APIs that provide additional access points to WorldCat and the WorldShare platform, allowing libraries and partners to use the data inside applications in

Re: [CODE4LIB] OCLC shutting down xISBN and xID (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Matching print and electronic editions of the same book)

As a heavy user of the xID service I would look forward to a discussion about what alternatives there might be. Thank you Bill for the link t to that announcement. -Jason Jason Fleming Information Technology Librarian   601 South College Road | Wilmington, NC  28403-5990 T: 910-962-2675 | 

Re: [CODE4LIB] OCLC shutting down xISBN and xID (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Matching print and electronic editions of the same book)

Does anyone know if OCLC is recommending an alternate solution that will provide the same or at least similar functionality? I had played around with the Worldcat Discovery API when it was in beta but am not sure of its present status or if its the most logical replacement for xID. Brian

Re: [CODE4LIB] OCLC shutting down xISBN and xID (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Matching print and electronic editions of the same book)

I think the best replacement at this point as a single API is to look at Librarythings api though I'm not sure if it would work in all cases -- otherwise, I think using worldcat.org as a bridge to their works records probably is your best bet. --tr -Original Message- From: Code for

Re: [CODE4LIB] OCLC shutting down xISBN and xID (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Matching print and electronic editions of the same book)

OCLC has been unable to update the xID API for several months. We strive to provide accurate and up-to-date information for all of our users. OCLC will continue to run xID through March 2016 to allow those who use it to search for alternate solutions for their specific needs. Although we

Re: [CODE4LIB] OCLC shutting down xISBN and xID (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Matching print and electronic editions of the same book)

Users of xID services would be wise to check the termination clauses of their usage agreements to see whether they are permitted to keep and reuse the data they have cached. Think about it. The world outside of 43017 has invented all sorts of new techniques to update and maintain metadata

Re: [CODE4LIB] OCLC shutting down xISBN and xID (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Matching print and electronic editions of the same book)

Yes, thanks Bill for pointing that out, and now of course I'm regretting my initial email. Regardless of the rate limit and lack of updates, this API still has enormous value, and I'm sorry to see they're responding by shutting it down (instead of keeping it on in a "frozen" state, if nothing

Re: [CODE4LIB] OCLC shutting down xISBN and xID (was Re: [CODE4LIB] Matching print and electronic editions of the same book)

Rachel, for what it's worth, it had nothing to do with your email (we were notified of it a couple of weeks ago, I guess because we were one of the few paying customers of the service). -Ross. On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 2:08 PM, Maderik, Rachel A wrote: > Yes, thanks Bill for