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Karen, Thanks for the details. Like I said, this is for a research project. So, while I don't need more than 1,000 requests / day right now, given the current size of my dataset, it will grow larger in the future. But that means I can start programming and testing without the affiliate ID, and then once I've got one, I can stop worrying about getting throttled right when things are getting exciting. - David On Jan 22, 2013 1:07 PM, "Karen Coombs" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > So the xISBN service will give you the workset and basic metadata about > each item in that workset. > > > http://xisbn.worldcat.org/webservices/xid/isbn/0596002815?method=getEditions&format=xml&fl=* > > You can get 1000 request/day without even having to get an affiliate ID. > > Another possibility is the inline Schema.org markup in WorldCat.org. > > You can link into WorldCat by ISBN - > http://www.worldcat.org/isbn/0451462645 > > Basic metadata is there in RDFa. There is actually a little demo > bookmarklet which grabs the metadata from a Schema.org encoded page and > sends it over so it can be added to Goodreads. - > http://www.oclc.org/developer/prototypes/schemaorg-markup-extractor > > I think the WorldCat.org option is better because it is a little closer to > getting work level metadata. > > Karen > > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Ross Singer <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > On Jan 21, 2013, at 8:04 PM, David Fiander <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > The documentation for the APIs is weak, and it looks like it hasn't > been > > > updated for a while. Has anybody used them much, or know what the state > > of > > > ongoing development of them is? > > > > I am pretty sure that there is no ongoing development of Open Library. > > Others may be able to provide more details. > > > > > > All I'm really looking for at this point is a way to convert an ISBN > into > > > basic bibliographic data, and to find any related ISBNs, a la OCLC's > > xISBN > > > service. > > > > You can't do this via the API, because there's no way to search for > > work_id (at least none that I'm aware of). I was running an xISBN clone > > with the OL data, but it stopped working when Talis shut down the > > Platform... > > > > The dataset isn't that large, however. It may be worthwhile to download > > it and create your own xisbn style services. It might be even better to > > hack up something at Code4lib13 (or, elsewhere) to take the monthly dumps > > and create a similar service. I imagine you're not alone in wanting > this. > > > > -Ross. >