It appears that VIAF is transitioning to being an OCLC service. "The new Agreement confirms the free re-use of VIAF data, including the commercial re-use of data according to the ODC-By license." says Bruno Racine, President, National Library of France.
The news announcement: http://www.oclc.org/news/releases/2012/201224.htm On 30 March 2012 23:54, Tom Morris <[email protected]> wrote: > I found an explicit non-commercial statement: > http://www.oclc.org/developer/services/viaf > > > On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 3:38 AM, Karen Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: >> Tom, (or others) >> >> All I can find on the VIAF site regarding API access is the content >> negotiation for requested URLs. Does anyone have experience with sending >> a string query to VIAF and getting results? > > The API is documented here: > http://www.oclc.org/developer/documentation/virtual-international-authority-file-viaf/request-types > > It's straightforward to work with. > >> I ask this because when we >> made a request for the FAST file from OCLC (which is now available) a >> first reply was that the online service should serve most needs. I'm >> wondering what the case is for a dump vs. using VIAF online. > > There are two reasons to ask for a dump that you can use on > OpenLibrary under CC0: > > 1. It forces them to clarify the license terms if you specify you want > it under CC0 > 2. API providers generally prefer that you don't use the API for bulk access. > > Tom > >> >> And as to FAST, there should be a high level of linking from the FAST >> subject file to OL subjects. >> http://www.oclc.org/developer/services/fast-linked-data-api >> >> kc >> >> >> On 3/29/12 5:56 PM, Tom Morris wrote: >>> I figured I'd pull this out into it's own thread. Although I assume >>> that VIAF is non-commercial licensed because it's hosted on a site >>> carrying the OCLC Research license with it's non-commercial >>> stipulation, the OCLC has been maddeningly opaque about what the >>> actual license is. They've made the assertion in various informal >>> settings that it's freely available, but then always add caveats. >>> >>> In 2010, they said licensing would be clarified in the "next few months." >>> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/nyt_linked_open_data/RuoAJ249Wi4 >>> >>> A year ago, they said there were "no restrictions on use" but then >>> added that prior approval was needed to get access to dumps. They >>> also mentioned potentially moving to Open Data Commons ODC-By or >>> ODC-ODbL. >>> http://outgoing.typepad.com/outgoing/2011/03/use-of-viaf.html >>> >>> In neither case have they actually changed the licensing on the site >>> and they haven't publicly responded to queries about why the dumps >>> can't be made available for download if the data really is freely >>> available. >>> >>> Perhaps OpenLibrary should make a formal request for access to the >>> dumps to use under a CC0 or ODBL license? >>> >>> Tom >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Ol-tech mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech >>> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >>> [email protected] >> >> -- >> Karen Coyle >> [email protected] http://kcoyle.net >> ph: 1-510-540-7596 >> m: 1-510-435-8234 >> skype: kcoylenet >> _______________________________________________ >> Ol-tech mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >> [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Ol-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > [email protected] _______________________________________________ Ol-tech mailing list [email protected] http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to [email protected]
