In thinking about using worldcat.org as a bridge to a works record, I'm
wondering about using 'experiment.worldcat.org', e.g.
http://experiment.worldcat.org/oclc/841051199.jsonld as an easy way to get
the work id.     I'm having trouble finding out any info about exactly what
'experiment.worldcat.org' is.   Is it likely to be around for a while?  Is
it up to date and just reformatting the www.worldcat.org data???  Anybody
know?




On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 2:17 PM, Terry Reese <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I think the best replacement at this point as a single API is to look at
> Librarythings api though I'm not sure if it would work in all cases --
> otherwise, I think using worldcat.org as a bridge to their works records
> probably is your best bet.
>
> --tr
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Brian Riley
> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2015 5:14 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] OCLC shutting down xISBN and xID (was Re:
> [CODE4LIB]
> Matching print and electronic editions of the same book)
>
> Does anyone know if OCLC is recommending an alternate solution that will
> provide the same or at least similar functionality?
>
> I had played around with the Worldcat Discovery API when it was in beta but
> am not sure of its present status or if its the most logical replacement
> for
> xID.
>
>    Brian
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Code for Libraries <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Eric
> Hellman <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2015 1:31 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] OCLC shutting down xISBN and xID (was Re:
> [CODE4LIB]
> Matching print and electronic editions of the same book)
>
> Users of xID services would be wise to check the termination clauses of
> their usage agreements to see whether they are permitted to keep and reuse
> the data they have cached.
>
> Think about it. The world outside of 43017 has invented all sorts of new
> techniques to update and maintain metadata cooperatively.
>
> Eric
>
>
>
> Eric Hellman
> President, Free Ebook Foundation
> Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/
> https://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/
> twitter: @gluejar
>