Oh, we're cataloguing members. And the head of tech services has already emailed out contact about what needs to happen for me to get hooked up.
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Karen Coombs <librarywebc...@gmail.com>wrote: > So when you need a higher level of access you'll have to fill out an xISBN > request and have your eligibility verified. Your library has to be a > cataloging member to get the higher level of access but we can tweak the > usage based on your needs if you're eligible. > > Karen > > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 2:56 PM, David Fiander <da...@fiander.info> wrote: > > > Karen, > > > > Thanks for the details. Like I said, this is for a research project. So, > > while I don't need more than 1,000 requests / day right now, given the > > current size of my dataset, it will grow larger in the future. But that > > means I can start programming and testing without the affiliate ID, and > > then once I've got one, I can stop worrying about getting throttled right > > when things are getting exciting. > > > > - David > > On Jan 22, 2013 1:07 PM, "Karen Coombs" <librarywebc...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > So the xISBN service will give you the workset and basic metadata about > > > each item in that workset. > > > > > > > > > > > > http://xisbn.worldcat.org/webservices/xid/isbn/0596002815?method=getEditions&format=xml&fl=* > > > > > > You can get 1000 request/day without even having to get an affiliate > ID. > > > > > > Another possibility is the inline Schema.org markup in WorldCat.org. > > > > > > You can link into WorldCat by ISBN - > > > http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/0451462645 > > > > > > Basic metadata is there in RDFa. There is actually a little demo > > > bookmarklet which grabs the metadata from a Schema.org encoded page and > > > sends it over so it can be added to Goodreads. - > > > http://www.oclc.org/developer/prototypes/schemaorg-markup-extractor > > > > > > I think the WorldCat.org option is better because it is a little closer > > to > > > getting work level metadata. > > > > > > Karen > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Ross Singer <rossfsin...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > On Jan 21, 2013, at 8:04 PM, David Fiander <da...@fiander.info> > wrote: > > > > > The documentation for the APIs is weak, and it looks like it hasn't > > > been > > > > > updated for a while. Has anybody used them much, or know what the > > state > > > > of > > > > > ongoing development of them is? > > > > > > > > I am pretty sure that there is no ongoing development of Open > Library. > > > > Others may be able to provide more details. > > > > > > > > > > All I'm really looking for at this point is a way to convert an > ISBN > > > into > > > > > basic bibliographic data, and to find any related ISBNs, a la > OCLC's > > > > xISBN > > > > > service. > > > > > > > > You can't do this via the API, because there's no way to search for > > > > work_id (at least none that I'm aware of). I was running an xISBN > > clone > > > > with the OL data, but it stopped working when Talis shut down the > > > > Platform... > > > > > > > > The dataset isn't that large, however. It may be worthwhile to > > download > > > > it and create your own xisbn style services. It might be even better > > to > > > > hack up something at Code4lib13 (or, elsewhere) to take the monthly > > dumps > > > > and create a similar service. I imagine you're not alone in wanting > > > this. > > > > > > > > -Ross. > > > > > >
