[open-bibliography] OCLC adds Linked Data to WorldCat.org | DDC 23 released as linked data at dewey.info

[Ben O'Steen]

That's the key - as long as OCLC can find a clear way to say what version
the repo is at and/or (preferably) what has changed since, then we are
fine. If they want to throw more resources at it and run a service like an
AtomPub instance or OAI-PMH, then so much the better.

Either service relies on the knowledge of what has changed since 'x' time -
without that, it will be a very computationally painful thing to reverse
engineer.

Ben

On Monday, 25 June 2012, Peter Murray-Rust wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 11:12 AM, Thomas Krichel <krichel at openlib.org<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'krichel at openlib.org');>
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>  ianibbo at gmail.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'ianibbo at gmail.com');>writes
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>> > Yet it seems so unpopular, and I
>> > can't for the life of me figure out why :D
>>
>>   OAI-PMH is compliated, it has features nobody uses... It creates work
>>  for humans that machines would be better at.
>>
>>  I prefer plain files and ftp or better rsync.
>>
>
> The main problem is that it's an "academic-only" format. That means its
> use depends on support *and development*  by the academic community whereas
> other methods such as rsync, RESTful methods, RSS, etc are in widespread
> use. There isn't anything specific that academics need over the rest of the
> world.
>
> But having said that IF OCLC expose OAI-PMH then I am sure it can be
> incrementally downloaded. With these endpoints the main problem is knowing
> what is *in* the repo and ho far through you have got.
>
> But do OCLC have an Open OAI endpoint?
>
>
>>
>>  Cheers,
>>
>>  Thomas Krichel                    http://openlib.org/home/krichel
>>                                      http://authorprofile.org/pkr1
>>                                               skype: thomaskrichel
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> Peter Murray-Rust
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