planned-enhancements.md

TODOs

near future

• if the number of search results is less than max_records, make sure the returned data.table contains only as many rows as is needed to cover all search results.
• can we make split_map_filter_reduce more efficient?
• Propagate original.pub.date in, for example, the search function
• Take getting the FAST subjects (xpath) seriously
• Make WorldCat search not have to be Inf but above 100
• What about pub date for serials?
• Look in to the following repositories
  • xlcnd/isbnlib
    • uses google book and wiki apis?
    • ... blob/dev/isbnlib/_goob.py
    • uses openlibrary api (for what?)
  • xlcnd/isbntools
  • xlcnd/isbnlib-loc
  • pwssnk/isbnlib-worldcat
• What's in the "Linked Data" section of a worldcat book?
  • associated "work" record?
• What's experiment.worldcat.org/oclc/1.jsonld ?
• What's ThingISBN (LibraryThing?)
  • https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/LibraryThing_APIs
  • https://blog.librarything.com/thingology/category/apis/
  • https://www.librarything.com/api/thingISBN/9780984201006
• Look into FAST API
• Read my own documentation links again?
• Better handling on NAs in split_map...?
• Mention hard dependency on data.table, pbapply, and stringr in README
• Multijoin routine?
• Is pbapply linux only?
• Should I be using conditions/error-handling?
• HathiTrust
  • https://www.hathitrust.org/bib_api
  • https://www.hathitrust.org/hathifiles
• Communicate with Library of Congress SRU servers?
  • https://www.loc.gov/standards/sru/resources/lcServers.html
  • http://lx2.loc.gov:210/lcdb?version=1.1&operation=searchRetrieve&query=%22Marv%20Throneberry%22&startRecord=1&maximumRecords=5&recordSchema=marcxml
• function to clip year/date before or after current year/date?