xISSN
Submit an ISSN to this service, and it returns a list of related ISSNs and selected metadata. ISSNs are related in two different ways: different editions of same serial (such as print and online editions) and historical relationships (ISSN changes that result from title changes, mergers, splits, etc.).
Status: Production
- Provides all the forms related to a given ISSN
- Provides all the related editions related to a given ISSN
- Provides all the related ISSNs including other editions as well as preceding and succeeding ISSNs
- Provides basic metadata about a given ISSN
- Fixes checksum
What you get
- Basic Metadata
title- form
- publisher
- raw coverage – where is this coming from?
- issnl – need a better explanation of this
- oclcnum
- peerreview – whether or not the item is peer reviewed
- rssurl – Table of Contents RSS feed for item
- Relationships between editions and their basic metadata
- Relationships between preceeding and succeeding ISSNs and their basic metadata
Who can use it
Non-commercial Use
Interested in commercial use of this service? Contact us.
Usage Limit
100 requests per day
Query protocols
REST, OpenURL, unAPI
Record formats
XML, JSON, CSV, TEXT, Python, PHP, Ruby, and HTMLAuthentication methods
- Token
- IP
Frequency of Update
Monthly
Base Service URL
http://xissn.worldcat.org/webservices/xid/issn/
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