Ruminating on this, and data harmonisation: http://blog.foursquare.com/2011/03/14/1up-the-importance-of-platforms-and-how-we%E2%80%99re-extending-ours/
I'm working with/on a number of projects that involve grouping editions into works in one way or another, and in each of them I'm encouraging those in charge to use OL IDs as the primary identifier. One problem we run up against frequently is that while it's trivial to get the OL ID for a given ISBN, it's harder for other identifiers - such as Amazon ASINs. This is quite significant when, for example, building the next generation of social reading apps like Readmill and Findings, which are trying to track readers on Kindle, which only uses ASINs, and keep these in line with other platforms - including paper editions. Would OL consider building a DB of different IDs for works, to enable harmonisation? I understand why it would be considered out of scope, but I also think it needs to be done by someone, and I'd rather see OL do it than a private, commercial 4sq-equivalent. And it would probably increase uptake of OL services, no? James booktwo.org _______________________________________________ Ol-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to [email protected]
