Just a warning about OCLC's xID API: a few weeks ago I requested an access token to bypass the rate limit, and was told that they are no longer giving these out. I was also told that the data in xID has not been updated for some time (I don't know when they stopped, but I think the rep told me it was at least a year out of date). It was very disappointing to learn this; if the project is essentially dead, this fact should be advertised (at the very least, they should take down the pricing list!).
-----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of William Denton Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2015 5:40 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Matching print and electronic editions of the same book Thanks! That opens things up. We do have a lot of OCLC numbers. For my example book, there's an 035 with three of them, including 841051199. If I look at http://worldcat.org/oclc/841051199 it takes me to the human-readable page, but http://worldcat.org/oclc/841051199.rdf shows it all in RDF, and I can see a lot of things like <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1613596711#Place/japan";> so I can pick out the work ID and look it up. (Perhaps the work ID be specified directly there?) So that would work, but aha, I just noticed I could make it a little simpler by using xOCLCNUM to get the work ID, which is the owi field here: http://xisbn.worldcat.org/webservices/xid/oclcnum/841051199?method=getMetadata&format=json&fl=* And then I can go to http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1613596711.rdf and get all the workExample links, and use those OCLC numbers. (Which I'm sure you knew, Roy, but perhaps didn't mention because of the rate-limiting, but as far as I know our subscription means I can get an access token so I can do some larger queries.) A first run of something like this would take a while to process everything, but I'd store locally what I need to know, and then incremental updates for a month's worth of news ebooks wouldn't take long. Thanks! Bill On 9 December 2015, Roy Tennant wrote: > Do you have an OCLC number in your records? If so, you could call it > at WorldCat like this: > > http://worldcat.org/oclc/XXXXXXX > > scrape the structured linked data on the page, looking for the > "Example of Work" link, then follow it to the Work Record: > > http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/1613596711 > > That then will give you all of the OCLC numbers that we consider are > part of that work (under the "WorkExample" tab). > > I know, not an optimal solution even if you have the OCLC number. But > it could work if you do. > Roy > > On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 1:37 PM, William Denton <w...@pobox.com> wrote: > >> I'm looking at how to match print (p) and electronic (e) editions of >> the same book in our collection. There is no connection between them >> in our system (VuFind in front of Symphony). >> >> For example, two catalogue entries for two versions of COMPOSING >> JAPANESE MUSICAL MODERNITY, entirely separate: >> >> + https://www.library.yorku.ca/find/Record/3238132 >> + https://www.library.yorku.ca/find/Record/3311584 >> >> I want know they're the same book so I can do more usage and >> collection analysis. I've been looking at two ways of doing it with >> data available right now: >> >> 1 a) MARC 020 (ISBN) can list multiple ISBNs. We have e books where >> the p editions are listed. >> >> 1 b) MARC 776 (additional physical form entry) for e books can list a >> p ISBN or other control number. If we have that edition, great. If >> not, need to go from e -> p-we-don't-have -> p-we-do-have, which I >> could do with xISBN. >> >> 2) OCLC's xISBN. When it reports other editions of the same work, it >> can include e versions. >> >> There is also: >> >> 3) Vendors supplying data. For example, YBP seems to have all the p >> and e editions of books tied together. We could ask. >> >> I've been looking around but can't find any discussion about making >> these connections. Have any of you done it? Know of it being done >> in code I can see? Written it up? >> >> Thanks for any pointers, >> >> Bill >> -- >> William Denton ↔ Toronto, Canada ↔ https://www.miskatonic.org/ > -- William Denton ↔ Toronto, Canada ↔ https://www.miskatonic.org/
