On Feb 12, 2007, at 9:47 AM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote:
> 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
Reposting from the headings list:
I just wanted to let people know that the LCSH* are available for
download in MarcXML format at http://www.ibiblio.org/fred2.0/authorities/
.
The data are public domain within the United States, but may be
copyrighted in other countries; please check with LC if this may
affect you.
The asterisk is present due to certain problems identified during
validation checks; the data were downloaded during the first weeks of
december from authorities.loc.gov, and reflect certain differences
between that site and the, authoritative authorities (that sounds so
odd:).
The differences are very minor, and affect only a tiny number of
records; however, until they are brought fully in to alignment they
should not be used without verification for submission to co-
operative cataloging programs or other in other situations where zero
defects are essential.
See the README file at http://www.ibiblio.org/fred2.0/readme.pdf for
more information.
The Fred 2.0 project is dedicated to the memory of Prof. Fredrick G.
Kilgour, 1914-2006.
Received on Mon Feb 12 2007 - 12:47:32 EST