This thread prompted me to wonder why it was returning any results at all, since it was in theory going to be retired March 15. Looks like OCLC has rethought this and updated the blog post about it’s demise:
http://www.oclc.org/developer/news/2015/change-to-xid-services.en.html <http://www.oclc.org/developer/news/2015/change-to-xid-services.en.html> Update: The retirement of the xID product will be delayed while we review options for an alternative service that will deliver some of the most important functionality from xID. While this new service is being developed, we will continue to offer xID, without any changes to the service or data, to current users. A new retirement date will be shared once the new service is available. > On May 4, 2016, at 1:03 PM, Harper, Cynthia <char...@vts.edu> wrote: > > And is the reason I can't get a response to this request, but you apparently > do, is that the service is only available now for previously registered > users? What has replaced it for those who don't subscribe to Worldcat > Discovery or Firstsearch or WMS? > > Cindy Harper > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Mark > Witteman > Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2016 3:23 PM > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: [CODE4LIB] "Form" dictionary for xID Service - xisbn getEditions > > Greetings code4lib gang, > > First time poster, five-month lurker. > > Try as I might, I cannot seem to find a dictionary for the values for "form" > in the response for the OCLC xID services. > > For example, in the response to this request: > http://xisbn.worldcat.org/webservices/xid/isbn/9781111528300?method=getEditions&format=json&fl=* > > What do these two values mean (BA and BC) and what other values for "form" > can occur? > > "form":["BA"], > > "form":["BC"], > > Sincerely, > > Mark > -- > Mark H. Witteman | Technical Consultant | +1 225-578-0421 > LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network<http://www.louislibraries.org/>
