Wikipedia:OCLC/API

Desired behavior

• User installs javascript-based userscript in their common.js page on Wikipedia
  • Opting in with full disclosure to limited sharing of ip information with OCLC and the University Institution
  • Some related resources:
    • A reference model perhaps, in this reference tooltip script: User:Yair_rand/ReferenceTooltips.js
    • Citation tools: Citation tools

• Article page loads on Wikipedia

• Userscript parses the page for reference tags
  • Start with citation templates or html
    • Use COinS span tags (class attribute Z3988) as the starting point to exercise path to and from the OCLC E-Switch API?
  • Using Parsoid or ProveIt
    • Can Parsoid provide JSONP?
    • Do we need a Parsoid instance running on labs?

• Defined citation template fields are mapped to an open url request passed to the OCLC 'E-switch' API
  • Using OCLC OpenURL Gateway API?
  • Send OCLC a batch API request for better performance

• The OCLC API will pair that request with the editor's IP address (university affiliated) and return with links to any available online free full text resources
  • Cache the result locally for better performance

• The article page will be layered with a link to that full text available source next to that reference in the article

• If the editor clicks on the link, they will go directly to the full text source through their university, with no additional login required

See also

Documentation

• World Cat e-resource fulfillment: API
• World Cat KnowledgeBase: API
• World Cat KnowledgeBase: request-types
• World Cat KnowledgeBase: openurl-request
• World Cat KnowledgeBase: openurl-response
• World Cat KnowledgeBase: rest-request
• World Cat KnowledgeBase: rest-response

Project

• Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library/OCLC