Identified identifiers and corresponding URL templates are stored in
https://openlibrary.org/config/edition, but you may need to open an
issue on GitHub to get the information in there.

Ben


On 4 April 2014 16:09, Tom Morris <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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
>> >
>> >>>
>> >
>> >>>
>> >
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