Eric,
WorldCat Metadata API provides read and write API access to the data in
WorldCat: bibliographic records, local bibliographic data and basic
holdings. WorldCat Discovery API provides access to search WorldCat and
OCLC's Central Index of metadata based on a diverse set of indexes. Data is
I’m curious. What is the difference between the WorldCat Discovery and WorldCat
Metadata APIs?
Given an OCLC number, I want to programmatically search WorldCat and get in
return a full bibliographic record compete with authoritative subject headings
and names. Which API should I be using?
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