WorldCat Identities

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WorldCat Identities

• T. Hickey
• Members Council
• Research New Technologies
• 31 October 2006

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WorldCat Identities

• Create a page for each person in WorldCat
• Name(s)
• Works by and about
• Subjects
• Dates
• Fiction/non-fiction
• Roles
• Co-authors
• Add links
• Wikipedia
• Authority files

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Approach

• Borrow from
• FictionFinder
• RedLightGreen
• FRBR
• VIAF
• Pages are static
• Easier to do complicated analysis
• Some parts may be editable
• Use cover art in lieu of photos

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Statistics

• Nearly 19 million different identities in
  WorldCat
• 80 million (nominally) controlled headings
• The WorldCat Identity code is 800 lines of
  Python in 4 modules (plus XSLT, CSS, etc.)

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Identities Data Flow
Cover Art
WorldCat
FRBR
Audience
Stage 1
NameInfo
Citation
Authorities
Stage 3
Stage 2
NameInfo
Citations
Stage 4
Identities
Wikipedia
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Thank you

• T. Hickey
• Members Council
• Research New Technologies
• 31 October 2006