This project (originally called MetaWiki) leverages open standards, open source software, and existing resources to extend the Wiki model to support the creation and maintenance of structured data. This provides powerful and flexible infrastructure for building new services.
Possible uses for the OCLC WikiD infrastructure include the distributed maintenance of registries, and supporting capture of user contributions such as reviews and table of contents to associate with OpenWorldCat entries.
ANSI/NISO Z39.50 (=ISO 23950: "Information Retrieval (Z39.50): Application Service Definition and Protocol Specification") specifies a client/server-based protocol for
searching and retrieving information from remote databases.
D. Gillman. Proceedings of Statistics Canada Symposium 2005, (2005)Symposium 2005 : Methodological Challenges for Future Information needs
Catalogue no. 11-522-XIE.