On 1/19/07, Rob Church robchur@gmail.com wrote:
On 19/01/07, Anthony wikitech@inbox.org wrote:
If it were implemented in PHP, could then a lookup be done so one would only need to give the ISBN and page number, and the rest would be added automagically?
Where would we get the data from? Who's going to allow us to query this stuff at the rate we need it? Sure, we can cache it, but it still takes time to build up a good cache of titles.
How fast of a rate would you need it? I don't know the answer to where the data could be obtained, that's why I asked the initial question about whether or not this would be possible.
Are these databases copyrightable? Can the Library of Congress database be obtained with a Freedom of Information Request?
Anthony