National Library of Korea Opens 30 Million National Bibliography Records to the Public

Note: Blurbs below were translated into English with the use of Google Translate.

From The Asia Business Daily (via Google Translate):

The National Library of Korea announced on the 12th that it will develop an OpenAPI service based on the National Bibliographic Linked Open Data (LOD) through the ‘2025 National Key Data Open Support Project’ hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and provide the data through the public data portal.

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The National Library of Korea has previously provided a national bibliographic LOD, but its use required the specialized query language SPARQL, limiting general user access. The newly launched National Bibliographic OpenAPI lowers this technical barrier, enabling easy access to national bibliographic data even without specialized knowledge. Notably, response data is provided in structured formats like XML and JSON, increasing its usability across a wide range of services, research, and industrial sectors.

The newly released data volume amounts to approximately 30 million records. The National Library of Korea plans to continue updating and improving the quality of its national bibliographic data, while gradually expanding data openness to accommodate artificial intelligence (AI) learning and intelligent services.

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