Re: Open datasets

From: Thomas Krichel <krichel_at_nyob>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:44:51 +0100
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
  Alexander Johannesen writes

> So in order to test the integrity and performance of my system so far I'm
> wondering if there's a suitable open dataset of bibliographic records that
> aren't too obscure (meaning, I can find the titles at amazon or Open
> Library) that you could recommend? More than 1000 records, but less than a
> million, maybe?

  Look at RePEc at http://repec.org.
 
  You can mirror the dataset from ftp://repec.org but for efficiency
  we can set up some rsync delivery for you.


  Cheers,

  Thomas Krichel                    http://openlib.org/home/krichel
                                      http://authorprofile.org/pkr1
                                               skype: thomaskrichel
Received on Wed Jan 11 2012 - 05:46:19 EST