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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 > > -- > Karen Coyle > [log in to unmask] http://kcoyle.net > ph: 1-510-540-7596 > m: 1-510-435-8234 > skype: kcoylenet >