ClassificationWeb also doesn't give machine-processable mapping files
(for LCC/Dewey/LCSH 'crosswalks'), so far as I know, it only gives you a
web interface for humans to look at the mappings.
To implement the kind of interfaces we are imagining, we _need_ an
affordable source of _machine readable/processable_ 'authority' data,
including the information actually found in LC authority records, as
well as 'value added' things like the LCC/Dewey mappings that I believe
OCLC is the originator of.
Jonathan
DrWeb wrote:
> Just a sidenote.. thanks for the reminder, Bryan..
>
> Classification Web is a paid subscription site.. (small sigh)..
> Here's the subscription information.. http://www.loc.gov/cds/classweb/
> Not awful pricing, but beyond the reach of most solo classification
> researchers or users..
>
> I do wish it were open (source) to all..
>
> Best,
> DrWeb
>
> --
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>
> Quote of the Moment:
> He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age,
> but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a
> burden.
> -Plato (427 BC - 347 BC), The Republic
> Friday, February 09, 2007 7:20:03 PM
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
>> [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Bryan Campbell
>> Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 9:47 AM
>> To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
>> Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] Relevancy-ranking LCSH?
>>
>> Karen Schneider wrote:
>>
>> I had often hoped for a day when I could do an automated LCSH-Dewey
>> Crosswalk.
>>
>> If I understand you correctly, then perhaps LC's Classification
>> Web, in which you can view LCSH/DDC, LCSH/LCC and LCC/DDC correlations
>> (http://classificationweb.net/Menu/index.html), might offer
>> what you are
>> looking for.
>>
>> You might also be interested to know that OCLC Research is
>> doing some work
>> on explicitly adding Dewey numbers to subject authority
>> records (see the
>> recent entry Dewey numbers in Authority files at The Dewey Blog
>> http://ddc.typepad.com/025431/2006/08/dewey_in_author.html).
>>
>> Bryan Campbell
>> Library Assistant
>> Peabody Library
>> Vanderbilt University
>> Bryan.campbell_at_vanderbilt.edu
>>
>
>
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Received on Mon Feb 12 2007 - 08:54:01 EST