Current build

The latest build can always be found at api.dp.la/dev [IS THAT RIGHT?]

Notice: We do not stand behind the current build. We cannot guarantee that it will work or, if it works that the inputs, outputs, and API will not change in ways that will ruin whatever you build. We will, however, document changes, and we encourage you to communicate with the dev core team in any of the ways listed on this wiki's homepage.

Current Build

• Current Build: Week2
• Date of Release: 17 January 2012 [planned]
• Documentation
• Road map and history

Release Notes

Data

1. Pathetic dummy library item data
   1. 100K records, divided into 3 source collections
   2. Dummy fields, except for:
      1. Lib Congress Subject Headings
      2. Format
      3. Language
      4. Pub year
      5. Data type (item or collection)
2. 1,500+ Univ. of Illinois Urbana/Champaign collection records (images)

Why dummy records? Because we want to avoid any and all discussion of the provenance of the information.

Functionality

1. RestfulAPI
   1. Query against all data fields
   2. Returns JSON
2. Item data model
   1. Simplified, Dublin-Core-ish
3. Collections metadata provisionally absorbed into item data structure
   1. Marked as collections

Tools and Apps

1. Documentation
2. API Query Builder [url to come]
3. Multi-collection query tool/toy [url to come]