I realize it's of limited utility compared to yet another web2.0 API,
but I think it would be good to see Works represented somehow in the
RDF Linked Data views...assuming they're not already.
//Ed

On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Karen Coyle <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Open Library now has Works defined, and is looking to develop an API for
> their retrieval. It makes obvious sense that when a Work is retrieved via
> the API, that the data output would include links to the Editions that link
> to that Work. Here are a few possible options:
>
> 1) Retrieve Work information (author, title, subjects, possibly reviews,
> descriptions, first lines) alone
> 2) Retrieve Work information + OL identifiers for all related Editions
> 3) Retrieve Work information + OL identifiers + any other identifiers
> related to the Edition (ISBN, OCLC#, LCCN)
> 4) Retrieve Work information and links to Editions with full text / scans
>
> Well, you can see where I'm going with this. What would be useful?
>
> kc
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