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Hmm...I'm not sure that a "find more like this one" link would actually work the way users think about it. In other words, instead of returning records for additional printings, translations, etc. of a specific work they will probably expect to get back new works related to that one in some way -- either through topic or genre or ? In other words, more like the functionality of OCLC's FictionFinder rather than xISBN per se. Roy On May 11, 2005, at 6:19 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: > On May 10, 2005, at 8:19 PM, Hickey,Thom wrote: > >> Here are some thoughts about what we might do next with our xISBN >> service (see http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/xisbn/ and >> http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/xisbn/technical.htm): >> >> * ISBN to author/title >> * Adding 'distinctive' information to the response to help selection >> * xOCLC: take in an OCLC number and return the OCLC numbers in its >> FRBR work-set >> * xLCCN: do the same thing for LCCNs >> * xISSN: do the same thing for ISSNs >> * SOAP wrappers around everything >> * Expose it all via OpenURL 1.0 >> >> Any ideas about what you would use? Something else along these lines? > > I see most of these tasks as examples/implementations of a Find More > Like This One service. "I have this record that I like, now find more > more similar to it." These services could be implemented in a number of > ways: > > 1. A REST-ful target would be created in each library that could accept > xISBN queries. > > 2. REST-ful URLs could be embedded in HTML files pointing to the > services > > 3. Like your toolbar links, people could view Web pages and click the > toolbar links to "find more like this one" > > I like #3 the most. I think we as libraries need to be creating things > akin to Google and Yahoo toolbars for our local clientele. These > toolbars would enable things like xISBN- and Wag The Dog-like services > for our users wherever their Web browser takes them. > > -- > Eric Lease Morgan > University Libraries of Notre Dame >