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Right, but I also want to point out that those service levels only apply to the WorldCat Search API. We have many other APIs, for which those service levels don't apply. Roy On 4/8/09 4/8/09 • 4:00 PM, "Karen Coyle" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks, Roy. Shortly after you answered I stumbled upon the relevant > page explaining the difference between full and default service levels: > > http://worldcat.org/devnet/wiki/SearchAPIServiceLevels > > This is very helpful. > kc > > Roy Tennant wrote: >> The WorldCat Mashathon is not limited to OCLC member institutions, and we >> certainly had non-OCLC participants at the New York event. We have many >> APIs, some of which are open to anyone to use and others that require a key. >> Again, depending on the API, for some you may need to qualify for access to >> receive a key. We know that we could do a better job making these >> distinctions apparent, which is something we'll be trying to clarify. In any >> case, everyone who attends will be provided with an OCLC Web Services Key >> (WSKey) that will be valid for the period of the event. Those who already >> have a key will be welcome to use their existing key as well. >> Roy >> >> >> On 4/8/09 4/8/09 • 3:11 PM, "Karen Coyle" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> >>> Roy, can anyone attend, even if not from OCLC member institutions? Also, >>> it looks like only member institutions can use the API, but I may have >>> mis-read -- is that the case? >>> >>> kc >>> >>> Roy Tennant wrote: >>> >>>> Join fellow coders for a WorldCat Mashathon in Amsterdam, May 13-14. >>>> Sponsored by the OCLC Developer Network and International Institute of >>>> Social History (IISH), the two-day event will be held Wednesday and >>>> Thursday >>>> at IISH headquarters in Amsterdam. >>>> >>>> The European Mashathon follows on the heels of a previous WorldCat >>>> Hackathon >>>> in New York City. Participants will spend the two days brainstorming and >>>> coding mash-ups with local systems, OCLC Web Services, and many other Web >>>> Services to embellish existing, and create new, library services. >>>> >>>> WorldCat includes national catalogues from the Netherlands, the UK, >>>> Ireland, >>>> Iceland, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, France, Spain, Switzerland, >>>> Czech Republic, Lithuania, Russia and many more‹so there are plenty of >>>> potential uses and apps just waiting to happen. >>>> >>>> Why attend the WorldCat Hackathon? >>>> € Brainstorm potential uses for and play with the WorldCat Search API. >>>> € Gain development access to 1.2 billion items from more than 10,000 >>>> libraries worldwide. >>>> € Integrate these resources with many others to create innovative new >>>> services. >>>> € Meet fellow developers across the information industry. >>>> € Share your creative vision and be a part of the next wave of online >>>> library development. >>>> >>>> Ideas, outcomes and code from the Mashathon, together with a participants >>>> list, will be shared during and after the event for others to download and >>>> build on. >>>> >>>> See <http://worldcat.org/devnet/wiki/2009EUMashathon> for more information >>>> and to register. >>>> >>>> Roy Tennant >>>> OCLC Research >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> > --