Toolserver:~voj/isbn2wikipedia

ISBN2Wikipedia is a linkserver for links to Wikipedia pages via a given ISBN.

Current state
Up to now the service is stable but not optimized for speed. The links are based on Wikipedia dumps that may soon come out of date and only some languages are supported.

You can either query links to all available languages:



Or links to specific languages, which are currently:


 * English:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Icelandic:

Multiple languages can be combined by specifying a comma-seperated list of languages.

Some languages may me more up-to-date then others.

How to use
To use the ISBN2Wikipedia webservice, you need a client.

For demonstration there is a page that also includes the Webservices to look up Wikipedia pages that cite a given ISBN:


 * JavaScript client files:

The page uses JavaScript library for programming clients that can access ISBN2WIkipedia (and other webservices that implement the SeeAlso-API):


 * JavaScript client files:

You can download the current version of the JavaScript client at http://tools.wikimedia.de/~voj/seealso/SeeAlso-Client-JavaScript-0.5.tgz

Background
ISBN2Wikipedia implements the SeeAlso linkserver protocol, that is based on OpenSearch Suggestions and unAPI.