19-DEC-2024 - Australian Classification Board (ACB) data added to Metadata API
Dear OverDrive API partner,
We’re adding title classifications to the Metadata responses for titles in OverDrive collections. These classifications give information about a title’s maturity level. Our first classification type will be those established by the Australian Classification Board (ACB). Learn more about the Australian Classification Board.
Though ACB classifications will appear in responses for all libraries, they’re required to be displayed only for API implementations that allow borrowing from Australian libraries. We recommend displaying the classification on the title’s details page. For more information on how to display these classifications, please see the ACB website.
If a title has been classified by the ACB, you’ll see the acb field under classifications in the Metadata response. This field includes:
- The title’s classification.
- An image of the classification you can display on the title’s details page.
- A link to the title’s page on the ACB’s website. You do not need to display this link to end users.
If a title hasn’t been classified by the ACB, this field will be empty and you don’t need to display anything for that title.
These classifications are now available in our integration environment and will be deployed to production on [date]. We’ve also added some titles with classifications to our integration library for testing (see the “ACB Classified Titles” collection).
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact support.
As always, thanks for being an OverDrive API partner,
The OverDrive API team
