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Updates to the WorldCat Registry APIs

There have been enhancements made recently to the WorldCat Registry to include new data elements. These new elements help support OCLC Web-Scale Management Services and mobile-specific functionality, including:
• There are changes to schemas and XML output for active and in-active records. The logical delete flag has moved to be an attribute within the Institution element.
• Better information about a library's online catalog including whether or not it is publically available or via an intranet only

Submitted by alicesneary on Wed, 05/04/2011 - 1:18pm
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Show and Tell: WorldCat Mashathon US wrap up

The WorldCat Mashathon US, held April 7-8, 2011 represented a successful test of a new way of hosting Mashathons. Held simultaneously in multiple locations and connected via WebEx with Webcams, Mashathon participants learned about OCLC Web Services, how to use them and shared ideas on how to solve challenges in their respective institutions. While the time and space difference between San Mateo, California and Washington, D.C. might have posed an inconvenience for some groups, this Mashathon crew just rolled with it.

Submitted by alicesneary on Fri, 04/15/2011 - 1:23pm
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Follow up from last month: CSS3 Webinar to be held 26 April 2011

In this follow up to the TAI CHI HTML5 and CSS3 webinar last month, author and Web design specialist Christopher Schmitt will continue the discussion with a more in-depth look at CSS3--how it's being used to improve the design, layout, and functionality of modern Web sites. CSS3 allows for greater control and creativity in Web design.

Submitted by alicesneary on Mon, 04/11/2011 - 1:28pm
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WorldCat Mashathon US show and tell login information

If you weren't able to join us at one of the sites for the WorldCat Mashathon US, here's the WebEx information to join the Show and Tell portion, which starts at approximately 3 pm ET:

 

Submitted by alicesneary on Fri, 04/08/2011 - 9:54am
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WorldCat Mashathon U.S. happens this week!

We're all getting excited about the WorldCat Mashathon, set to begin this week. Karen leaves for DC tomorrow, and I follow her on Wednesday. We're expecting lots of code blossoms along with the cherries, if you excuse the bad analogy.

Submitted by alicesneary on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 11:49am
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HTML5 Workshop a Huge Success

The HTML5 webinar which the Developer Network co-sponsored last week was a huge success. More than 300 people from the United States and Canada attended the webinar to hear Christopher Schmitt speak about HTML5 and CSS3. The group had lots of great questions and there was good discussion in the chat window. Christopher showed off the power of HTML5 including:

Submitted by librarywebchic on Thu, 03/10/2011 - 8:01am
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WorldCat Mashathon U.S. registration now open

WorldCat Mashathon U.S.Registration is now officially open for the WorldCat Mashathon US, sponsored by the OCLC Developer Network.

Submitted by alicesneary on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 6:05pm
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VIAF gets bigger and better

VIAF, the Virtual International Authority File, keeps on improving. In fact, OCLC Research staff just installed an update to VIAF recently. On 18 Feb 2011, to be exact. As of that update, VIAF now contains:

18.4 million source records
14.5 million VIAF clusters
6.2 million links between source records
2.4 million VIAF clusters built from more than one source record

As part of this update, new data has been added from Spain, France, Germany, Canada, LC, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Swiss National Library and Sweden.

Submitted by librarywebchic on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 10:48am
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What do we mean when we say format?

I was rereading a post by Jakob Voss got me revisiting an issue that I've thought about quite a bit since I started working with and building web services. What do we mean when we say format? For me format is a really thorny issue. Sometimes when we say format we mean a metadata format (or language for describing the thing that is being described) other times what we really mean is serialization. There is a pretty big differences between these two things.

Submitted by librarywebchic on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 12:34pm
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code4lib recap and follow-up

As always code4lib was a terrific conference. There were too many great sessions to pick a favorite. Things kicked off for me with the unconference preconference in which I participated in two "sessions" on on web services and libraries and other other on Linked Data. The web services and libraries session left me thinking that OCLC Developer Network could do more to talk about the technologies and process behind how we're building the web services at OCLC.

Submitted by librarywebchic on Fri, 02/18/2011 - 10:49am
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