This task involves the work of evaluating the WorldCat Search API v2 [i] through the lens of the benefits it could offer to volunteers editing Wikimedia projects.
This evaluation is one input [of many] into [more broadly deciding](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QlmXqIS-PAMAqu71iQPDsl8CJqM9rd-HTHSWhDoRvWI/edit#heading=h.ydxdkxlxe3bx) whether we will prioritize migrating to the WorldCat Search API v2 **within the next 6 months**.
===Decision(s) to be made
1. Will the Editing Team prioritize migrating to the WorldCat Search API v2 [i] in the next 6 months?
NOTE: this decision will be made with input from other sources.
=== Open questions
//This section contains the open questions we think answering will equip us with the information we need to make the decision(s) named above...//
- [ ] 1. What functionality has migrating to Zotero to fulfill ISBN citation requests (T336727, T336297) left volunteers without or with a more difficult time accessing?
-- We have no full text or title citation for the vast majority of books, only for academic papers.
-- Poor coverage of books published in Asia and Africa for ISBN search.
- [ ] 2. How does the impact(s) "1." asks us to name vary among different groups of people? //E.g. might volunteers from Sub-Saharan Africa be impacted differently than volunteers editing from within North America? If so, how?//
-- Medium sized wikis for which no national translator exists are most affected. Small wikis often don't have citoid enabled.
- [ ] 3. What work would be required of the Editing Team to migrate to the WorldCat Search API v2?
-- Dependant on implementation.
- [ ] 4. What – if any – work would be required of volunteers to migrate to the WorldCat Search API v2?
-- Likely N/A
- [ ] 5. How often have people been using/attempting to use the functionality the WorldCat Search API v2 delivers? //Ideally, this data can be split by platform, wiki, and request origin (e.g. third-party vs. on-wiki usage) and viewed over time (e.g. past two years).//
-- //This [grafana chart](https://grafana.wikimedia.org/d/NJkCVermz/citoid?orgId=1&refresh=5m&from=now-1y&to=now&viewPanel=43) offers some insight (thank you, @Mvolz). Tho, answering this question fully might require further analysis and/or the implementation of new instrumentation cc @MNeisler.//
-- TODO: Check logs for how many of the requested ISBNs return no data, compared to total # of requests.
=== Background/References
- [Summary: WorldCat + Citoid outage](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PDjDa7PnUAdcYfz7iTC1BAFE4S6AeIXbnsnm9AkyW78/edit#heading=h.g86jiyz4ykb7) //via @samwalton9-wmf//
- {T336297}
- [en:Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)#Automatic citations based on ISBN are broken](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Automatic_citations_based_on_ISBN_are_broken)
- [en:Wikipedia_talk:RefToolbar#ISBN_autofill_broken ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:RefToolbar#ISBN_autofill_broken)
=== Done
- [ ] Answers to all "Open questions" are documented on this task
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i. https://developer.api.oclc.org/wcv2#/Bibliographic%20Resources/search-brief-bibs