@dredmorbiusI've just heard through OCLC support that linked-data is no longer supported and that the project has ended.
I've no more information than that.
Any librarian / cataloguing types have any further information or insight?
Extant OCLC docs that I'm aware of:
https://www.oclc.org/research/areas/data-science/linkeddata.html
@bencomp@code4lib.social@dredmorbius I'm pretty sure that OCLC is still very active in the IIIF community, which is a form of Linked Data. I wonder what they mean by "the project has ended"?
@dredmorbius@bencomp Quoting the email I'd received:
The linked data project has been retired. You can continue to look for press releases regarding linked data at OCLC by visiting https://www.oclc.org.
@bencomp@code4lib.social@dredmorbius What question was this in response to? "the linked data project" is very vague. Is VIAF being retired? Is WorldCat not serving RDF anymore?
@dredmorbius@toot.cat@bencomp The comment is a reply within a thread on a bug I'd opened in 2020 about broken linked-data responses from Worldcat.
Otherwise, I'm as much in the dark as you are.
For some more information, Worldcat / OCLC are apparently now focused on "Worldcat Entities":
Use the search box on entities.oclc.org to find and view WorldCat Entities for persons and works. Browse through different languages and explore the way each entity links to other external vocabularies and authority files for further context.
https://www.oclc.org/en/worldcat/oclc-and-linked-data/worldcat-entities.html
This sounds to me like an attempt to reject an open and common standard and substitute a closed, proprietary, and limited-function one.
@dredmorbiusSo far, the biggest change I've noticed with Worldcat's site "upgrade" is ... that every last fucking query I try gets Cloudflared --- apparently I'm too botlike.