Actually, I don't think that there are automated identifiers for Project Gutenberg. The Amazon, etc., identifiers are generated off of the ISBN, when there is one. (That virtually excludes the public domain books, since they pre-date the ISBN, which began in the late 1960's). I'm not sure how the links are made between OL and Goodreads and Librarything, although I believe that APIs are involved. A common complaint is that the Project Gutenberg books don't show in the same way as other ebooks. If you have an example of the PG book that is linked, please send it. (Or if someone knows if/how OL links to PG, pls say so.)
Unfortunately, if development is needed, there is very little staff dedicated to OL at this time. I think we should consider getting grants for small development projects, if possible, so that certain obvious and not too difficult things could be added to OL. (Not sure how to go about this, but I'm willing to put time into it if we find a venue.) kc On 4/4/14, 6:06 AM, billinghurst wrote: > As you have identifiers for Amazon, Project Gutenberg, etc. is that a > > possibility? Initially, one for Wikisource, though ultimately also one for > > Wikidata. As WS gets metadata in wikidata, then there is scope for the two > > systems to interact (at some distant point of time). > > > > To note that the link is an html rendition, but from there it allows for a > > live epub/pdf generation (those available at this time) from and of the > > corrected text and images. > > > > Regards, Billinghurst > > > > > > On Fri, 04 Apr 2014 05:49:44 -0700, Karen Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Billinghurst, > >> > >> I've had this discussion with the OL developers, and as yet there is not > > > >> a clear path. The books in OL have come in through an Internet Archive > >> workflow, and there isn't an easy way (yet) to add books through another > > > >> source. In addition, we have talked about adding corrected djvu files, > >> keeping them separate somehow from the originals but making them the > >> preferred files. There is also the question of developing other formats > >> from the djvu (epub, etc.). At the moment the formats are all derived > >> from the original OCR. > >> > >> If there is already a record in OL for the book you have, you can always > > > >> add a link (URL) in the record. The book will not show in the list of > >> ebooks, but the link will show on the page. You could give it a caption > >> like "Corrected ebook (djvu)". > >> > >> kc > >> > >> On 4/4/14, 2:45 AM, billinghurst wrote: > >>> The Wikisources (https://www.wikisource.org/) have many public domain > >>> works that we have transcribed, modern and historical. Many are works > >>> taken > >>> from archive,org that we have then fixed the OCR, and cleaned and/or > >>> re-sourced the images. I am looking to see what means exists to link > >>> Wikisource's works to the OpenLibrary. > >>> > >>> For example: > >>> > >>> Libraries in the medieval and renaissance periods > >>> > > https://openlibrary.org/books/OL6917238M/Libraries_in_the_medieval_and_renaissance_periods > >>> to > >>> > > https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Libraries_in_the_Medieval_and_Renaissance_Periods > >>> > >>> I would also like to point to the same work as recorded in Wikidata > >>> https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16030527 > >>> Though noting that getting the works recorded in Wikidata is only > > recent, > >>> and few have been undertaken, though the author data is quite > > extensive. > >>> > >>> Not sure how or where to progress this, though it was recommended to me > >>> that I send an email to this list. > >>> > >>> Regards, Billinghurst > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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] > >>> > -- 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]
