The BISG licenses BISAC to institutions that want to incorporate the terminology into their "internal systems"[1]. I'm not sure what this means for API access. But an email to the BISG seems the minimum of due diligence. Roy
[1] http://www.bisg.org/standards/bisac_subject/license.html On 1/21/09 1/21/09 9:12 AM, "Ryan Eby" <ryan...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was wondering if anyone knows of a good BISAC Subject Headings > source for looking up a recommended BISAC based on ISBN, LCSH, etc. > I've found some pages on oclc.org saying they were starting work on > crosswalks and possibly including them in WorldCat but I haven't seen > any returned in any WorldCat api calls yet. I've also read that ONIX > records often have a BISAC code, is there a good source that might > cover many publishers? > > http://www.bisg.org/standards/bisac_subject/index.html > > http://www.oclc.org/dewey/updates/numbers/ > > eby > --