| Company | OCLC |
| Website | oclc.org/us/en/wo... |
| Stage | Live |
| Launched | 12/11 |
The OCLC WorldShare Platform facilitates collaboration and app-sharing across the library community, so that libraries can combine library-built applications, partner-built applications and OCLC-built applications.
This enables the benefits of each single solution to be shared broadly throughout the library community.
The OCLC WorldShare Platform is a global, interconnected Web architecture that supports OCLC’s Webscale services and applications, and provides flexible, open access to library data through APIs and other Web services. Libraries, developers and partners can use this data to innovate together to build and share apps that streamline and enhance their local library workflows. The OCLC WorldShare Platform facilitates collaboration and app-sharing across the library community, so that libraries can combine OCLC-built applications, library-built applications and partner-built applications. This enables the benefits of each single solution to be shared broadly throughout the library community. Unlike traditional APIs and Web Services, the OCLC WorldShare Platform allows community members to browse and install apps directly into subscribed OCLC services and allows developers to create and share apps that don’t require OCLC services at all.
The OCLC WorldShare App Gallery provides a central place where you can see available apps and install them into your current work environment. Developers can showcase their creativity, partners can create add-on functionality and library staff can find practical, everyday solutions to streamline and enhance their workflows.
Web Services let you interact with library data on the open Web. Through the platform, you gain access to a consistent set of business- and data-level APIs and Web services—both production and experimental, read and write services. See the full list of available Web Services.
Data about libraries and their collections is at the heart of the WorldShare Platform. An extended view of WorldCat includes metadata, databases and content across digital, licensed and physical materials in a vendor-neutral space. Data resources include the WorldCat Registry, the WorldCat knowledge base and more.
Platform infrastructure uses cloud-computing technologies and provides global scale and local flexibility. Internationally distributed data centers support the data needs of members in all regions.
Introducing sharing at Webscale: OCLC WorldShare
Added: 8/4/12
