Here's how to link to OCLC's Linked Data:

OCLC coins an http URI for a book such as:

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/136259

Anyone can link to these URIs, just like anyone can link to anything
else on the Web. 

This book's http URI does a 303 (See Other) redirect to information
we've collected about that book:

http://www.worldcat.org/title/zen-mind-beginners-mind/oclc/136259

The information being displayed is available under an ODC-By license as
described here:

http://purl.oclc.org/dataset/WorldCat

A raw data view can be scraped out of the HTML/RDFa using a variety of
tools and services such as:

http://www.w3.org/2012/pyRdfa/extract?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldcat.org%
2Foclc%2F136259

Jeff

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative Forum
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of J. McRee Elrod
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 1:47 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [BIBFRAME] Linked data (was: Filing indicators)
> 
> Charles said:
> 
> >since we are talking about revenue streams here.  At the root of this
> >question is the question of how they are prepping themselves for a
> >world of linked data in which libraries link back to LC, NLM, NAL,
> >Getty, OCLC, BL, or LAC rather than to the vendors?
> 
> Unless OCLC changes its policies, vendors can not function in such a
> bibliographic world.
> 
> OCLC policy does not allow vendors to retain copies of records created
> on or downloaded from OCLC.  This is impossible for SLC, since we need
> the records to add copies and volumes, or replace the database for
> system migration (when the current ILS can't do MARC out), or in the
> case of systems crash.
> 
> How could non OCLC libraries, as well as vendors, link to OCLC data?
> 
> 
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