ISBN: missing information from openlibrary

[dpriskorn]

curl -X 'GET'
'https://citation-js.toolforge.org/api/v1/quickstatements/isbn/978-0134093413'
-H 'accept: text/plain'

->

	CREATE
	LAST	P31	Q3331189
	LAST	Len	"Campbell Biology"
	LAST	P212	"9780134093413"
	LAST	P577	+2017-01-01T00:00:00Z/9
	LAST	P856	"https://openlibrary.org/books/OL26973587M/Campbell_Biology"
	LAST	P1104	1488
	LAST	P1476	en:"Campbell Biology"
	LAST	P2093	"Lisa A. Urry"	P1545	"1"
	LAST	P2093	"Michael L. Cain"	P1545	"2"
	LAST	P2093	"Steven A. Wasserman"	P1545	"3"
	LAST	P2093	"Peter V. Minorsky"	P1545	"4"
	LAST	P2093	"Jane B. Reece"	P1545	"5"

This includes authors, title, isbn, date of publ, OL identifier, total number of pages.

I'm missing this information from the API, which is present in OL:

• LCCN = P1144 = 2017448967
• Weight = P2067 = 7.6 pounds
• Dimensions = 11 x 9.3 x 2.1 inches ->
  ** length = P2043 =11 inches
  ** width = P2049 = 9.3 inches
  ** thickness = P2610 = 2.1 inches
• Published in New York, NY -> P291 = Q60

Data we cannot store currently:

• Format = Hardcover (we are currently missing a property for this)

[larsgw]

Interesting, the issue here is that the data is converted first to CSL-JSON, which does not have field for that information. Extending the CSL-JSON standard is a relatively slow process, but currently it does allow for custom fields. I would need to "standardize" a list of custom fields used throughout Citation.js plugins.

Published in New York, NY -> P291 = Q60

This field is supported (publisher-place), but automatically linking it to an identifier is difficult.

[dpriskorn]

I suggest we output to string and let the user handle it:
#LAST P291 "New York, NY" #fixme

OR even better:

We could default to try matching with first result from the mediawiki API wbcirrussearch.
In this case I get the right result with limit 1 and that is good enough for most people IMO.
https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=wbsearchentities&format=json&search=New%20York%2C%20NY&language=en&limit=1&formatversion=2

{
    "searchinfo": {
        "search": "New York, NY"
    },
    "search": [
        {
            "id": "Q60",
            "title": "Q60",
            "pageid": 186,
            "concepturi": "http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q60",
            "repository": "wikidata",
            "url": "//www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60",
            "display": {
                "label": {
                    "value": "New York",
                    "language": "sv"
                },
                "description": {
                    "value": "stad i delstaten New York, USA",
                    "language": "sv"
                }
            },
            "label": "New York",
            "description": "stad i delstaten New York, USA",
            "match": {
                "type": "alias",
                "language": "en",
                "text": "New York, NY"
            },
            "aliases": [
                "New York, NY"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "search-continue": 1,
    "success": 1
}

Based on this lookup and inferrence the lines would be:

LAST P291 Q60 S1683 "New York, NY" S887 Q69652283                                                                                    

S1683=quote
Q69652283=inferred from title
S887=based on heuristic