---
id: "openlibid"
kind: "datatype"
status: "stable"
is_pii: false
categories: ["objectids"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 80
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/openlibid"
---

# Open Library ID (`openlibid`)

Identifier for a work ("W"), edition ("M") or author ("A") for book data of the Internet Archive

- Personal data (PII): no
- Categories: Objects identifiers (objectids)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Detection

Regular expression (Python `re`):

```
OL[1-9]\d*[AMW]
```

## Examples

- `OL36858W` — Twenty Years After
- `OL3156833A` — Anton Chekhov

## Mappings

- wikidata: `P648`

## Supported by tools

- `greatexpectations`

## Sources

- wikipedia: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Library>
- wikidata: <https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P648>

## Quality

Score 80/100. Missing: anchored regexp, negative example, translation.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/openlibid.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/objectids/openlibid.yaml>