Actually, I can find that one with this query: http://openlibrary.org/search?q=complete+old+english+sheepdog
but as you see, the search results display is missing the author - probably because that is supposed to come from the work record in the display, even though it appears to be also in the edition record. (And this author doesn't show up in an author search.) And there's a lot more that is weird here - like it shows only one subject "Old English sheepdog" and when you click on it you get this unlinked record but not the other one that has the same subject heading. And of course in the edition display you can't see the subject heading for this one because that is on the work record... honestly, I'd need a diagram to make any sense of this, but the upshot is that we've got major problems with links between editions and works, and search is definitely not precise. I assume the dumps include the links, since that's where you are getting this from. With a curl command against the API (which is the outer limits of my ability to poke around) I see links from editions to works. I don't see a way to retrieve a work record using the API... But I assume there is also a link from works to editions? I'd love to understand how this all is supposed to hang together, but don't want to take up people's time. If anyone has drawn a diagram or whatever for their own purposes, I'd like to see it. (Or if there is an explanation elsewhere that I've missed.) Oh, and thanks. :-) kc On 10/10/13 6:27 AM, Tom Morris wrote: > On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 7:08 PM, Karen Coyle <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Can you easily give examples of a few editions not linked to works? > > > Here's one that I mentioned in this May 2012 thread > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00624.html>: > > http://openlibrary.org/books/OL5204939M/The_complete_old_English_sheepdog > > (Are they even findable?) > > > Not from the web site, as far as I know. That's one of the problems > that Ben mentions in the issue that he created as a followup to my query: > https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/issues/153 > > I can generate a list easily enough if more examples are useful. There > are also apparently works with no editions according to this bug report > from George: https://github.com/internetarchive/openlibrary/issues/44 > > Tom -- Karen Coyle [email protected] http://kcoyle.net m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet _______________________________________________ Ol-tech mailing list [email protected] http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-tech Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to [email protected]
