Re: Auto-suggest and the id.loc.gov LCSH web service

From: Ed Summers <ehs_at_nyob>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 11:23:28 -0500
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Ethan Gruber <ewg4xuva_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> my interest is how I (or other people
> developing their own autosuggest systems based on the subject headings) can
> pull updates of the master authority XML file into my index of terms.

Take a look at the Atom feed for id.loc.gov [1]. I think there's
enough information there for you to pull in creates, updates and
deletes. If not it would be a fun practical, experiment to try to get
it to the point where it can work for you, and hopefully others.

//Ed

[1] http://id.loc.gov/authorities/feed/
Received on Tue Dec 08 2009 - 11:25:17 EST