You can add links by hand like I did here: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1532400W/Libraries_in_the_medieval_and_renaissance_periods
It appears that these are associated with the work as opposed to the edition. You could do the same thing using the OL API. We also could potentially add a new category of identifier for Wikisource, but I'm not sure OpenLibrary knows how to expand those using URI templates for more than just a handful. I think that would be a good general capability to have if it's not already in place. That's the mechanism that Freebase uses and it allows the URI template to be easily changed in a single place if the target URL structure changes. Tom On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 9:24 AM, Karen Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] >
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