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Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Local identifiers in Online Computer Library Center WorldCat should match this regular expression:
^[0-9]+$

Example Local Unique Identifier
634515043   Resolve
Pattern for CURIES

Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from Online Computer Library Center WorldCat should match this regular expression:
^oclc:[0-9]+$

Example CURIE
oclc:634515043
Metaregistry Online Computer Library Center WorldCat

The metaregistry provides mappings between the Bioregistry and other registries. There are 3 mappings to external registries for this resource with 1 unique external prefixes.

Registry Name Registry Metaprefix External Prefix Curate
BioContext biocontext OCLC
Identifiers.org Identifiers.org logo miriam oclc
N2T Name-to-Thing logo n2t oclc
Providers

A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).

The local unique identifier 634515043 is used to demonstrate the providers available for Online Computer Library Center WorldCat. A guide for curating additional providers can be found here.

Name Metaprefix URI
Online Computer Library Center WorldCat oclc https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/634515043
Bioregistry bioregistry https://bioregistry.io/oclc:634515043
Identifiers.org miriam https://identifiers.org/oclc:634515043
Name-to-Thing n2t https://n2t.net/oclc:634515043