WorldCat Entities

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WorldCat Entities

Summary

WorldCat Entities is a linked data service[1]. It draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (linked_data_service category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • WorldCat Entities's instance of is recorded as linked data service[3].
  • WorldCat Entities's instance of is recorded as website[4].
  • WorldCat Entities's publisher is recorded as OCLC, Inc.[5].
  • WorldCat Entities's maintained by is recorded as OCLC, Inc.[6].
  • WorldCat Entities's operator is recorded as OCLC, Inc.[7].
  • WorldCat Entities's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0 Generic[8].
  • WorldCat Entities's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • WorldCat Entities's language of work or name is recorded as French[10].
  • WorldCat Entities's language of work or name is recorded as Spanish[11].
  • WorldCat Entities's language of work or name is recorded as German[12].
  • WorldCat Entities's language of work or name is recorded as Dutch[13].
  • WorldCat Entities's language of work or name is recorded as Italian[14].
  • WorldCat Entities's country of origin is recorded as United States[15].
  • +2022-05-24T00:00:00Z marks the founding of WorldCat Entities[16].
  • WorldCat Entities's official website is recorded as https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity[17].
  • WorldCat Entities's described at URL is recorded as https://www.oclc.org/en/worldcat/oclc-and-linked-data/worldcat-entities.html[18].
  • WorldCat Entities's replaces is recorded as WorldCat Identities[19].
  • WorldCat Entities's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'WorldCat Entities'}[20].
  • WorldCat Entities's title is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'WorldCat-Entitäten'}[21].
  • WorldCat Entities's title is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'Entités WorldCat'}[22].
  • WorldCat Entities's title is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Entidades de WorldCat'}[23].
  • WorldCat Entities's main Wikidata property is recorded as P10832[24].
  • WorldCat Entities's user manual URL is recorded as https://help.oclc.org/Metadata_Services/WorldCat_Entities[25].
  • WorldCat Entities's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Cultural Heritage and GLAM catalogues[26].
  • WorldCat Entities's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[27].

Why It Matters

WorldCat Entities draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (linked_data_service category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . oclc.org. Retrieved . oclc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . oclc.org. Retrieved . oclc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . oclc.org. Retrieved . oclc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . policies.oclc.org. Retrieved . policies.oclc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . help.oclc.org. Retrieved . help.oclc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . help.oclc.org. Retrieved . help.oclc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . help.oclc.org. Retrieved . help.oclc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . help.oclc.org. Retrieved . help.oclc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . help.oclc.org. Retrieved . help.oclc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . help.oclc.org. Retrieved . help.oclc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . oclc.org. Retrieved . oclc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . id.oclc.org. Retrieved . id.oclc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . id.oclc.org. Retrieved . id.oclc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . id.oclc.org. Retrieved . id.oclc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . oclc.org. Retrieved . oclc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . policies.oclc.org. Retrieved . policies.oclc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). WorldCat Entities. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/worldcat-entities
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_worldcat-entities_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{WorldCat Entities}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/worldcat-entities}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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