I don't know if it was on this list, but this is very close to the
suggestion I made about creating a query-able database of links between
various identifiers (ISBNs, LCCNs, OCLC #s) and the Google URLs for the
digitized books. And the libraries that are working with Google will at
some point have the ability to link their MARC record to the Google URL
(OCLC will have this as well), so there should be lots of fodder for
such a translate system.
So now that we've seen that there are multiple kinds of translate
systems that we need, could we at least, if anyone works on them, please
have them use the same or similar protocols?
kc
Jonathan Rochkind wrote:
> Jeremy Dunck wrote:
>> A published cross-reference of identifier systems would be useful, and
>> a fairly cheap by-product of such indexing.
>>
> Wow, that's the understatement of the year. I hadn't even though of
> that. But anyone who does add an IMDB url to a catalog has established a
> relatinship between possibly oclcnum, lccn, or isbn, and IMDB
> url/identifier. If all those things could be harvested into an
> aggregated database of those relationships, that would be HUGELY useful,
> and enable the rest of us to provide those links _without_ having to
> individually establish them.
>
> Good call Jeremy. I wonder if there are any large catalogs that have
> already done this, that we could harvest to prime the pump?
>
> Now I have visions of setting up a z39.50 harvester to go look through
> everyone's catalog for movies with imdb urls, and add them to a database
> with corresponding identifiers.
>
> Then watch imdb change their identifier or url system. Doh!
>
> Jonathan
>
>>
>>> IMDB is a well-established site, and is certainly the best out there
>>> for its subject. It's fairly comprehensive; I don't think you need to
>>> worry about the content you'll be linking out to.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> If interested, all of IMDB's freely-available data is available for
>> download and direct use. (There is a for-pay service of IMDB as well;
>> that data is not freely downloadable.)
>> http://www.imdb.com/interfaces
>>
>> And here are licensing terms for that data:
>> http://us.imdb.com/Licensing/
>>
>> Also, here is a linking guide:
>> http://www.imdb.com/help/?using/
>>
>> I suspect that much indexing effort could be saved by automatically
>> making a list of candidates for each holding and having a worker
>> review those choices.
>>
>>
>
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> Jonathan Rochkind
> Digital Services Software Engineer
> The Sheridan Libraries
> Johns Hopkins University
> 410.516.8886
> rochkind (at) jhu.edu
>
>
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