Ralph, thanks! That's a great solution, and a marvelously quick one.
kc
Quoting Ralph LeVan <[email protected]>:
The current version of the VIAF RDF does not point to any of the
contributing library records. But, I've just edited our stylesheets so that
the HTML records will point at the new id.loc.gov records instead of our
copies that we were exposing at errol.oclc.org.
Ralph
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Karen Coyle <[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks, Kevin. This was obviously one heck of a project! Very impressive.
I looked at an entry in id.loc.gov and in VIAF and couldn't immediately
see a connecting URI (browsing through the RDF/XML) -- is there one, or are
there plans to create those links between the two vocabularies? Here are the
records I was looking at:
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/**names/n84031182.html<http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84031182.html>
RDF:
(http://id.loc.gov/**authorities/names/n84031182.**rdf<http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84031182.rdf>
)
http://errol.oclc.org/laf/n%**20%2084031182.html<http://errol.oclc.org/laf/n%20%2084031182.html>
RDF:
(http://viaf.org/viaf/**69121416/rdf.xml<http://viaf.org/viaf/69121416/rdf.xml>
)
kc
Quoting "Ford, Kevin" <[email protected]>:
Announcement: New Vocabulary Data Added to LC Authorities and
Vocabularies Service
The Library of Congress is pleased to make available additional
vocabularies from its Authorities and Vocabularies web service (
ID.LOC.GOV), which provides access to Library of Congress standards and
vocabularies as Linked Data. The new dataset is:
* Library of Congress Name Authority File (LC/NAF)
In addition, the service has been enhanced to provide separate access to
the following datasets which have been a part of the LCSH dataset access:
* Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms
* Library of Congress Children's Headings
The LC/NAF data are published in RDF using the MADS/RDF and SKOS/RDF
vocabularies, as are the other datasets. Individual concepts are accessible
at the ID.LOC.GOV web service via a web browser interface or
programmatically via content-negotiation. The vocabulary data are available
for bulk download in MADS and SKOS RDF (the Name file and main LCSH file
will be available by Friday, August 12).
**Please explore it for yourself at http://id.loc.gov. **
Contact Us about ID:
As always, your feedback is important and welcomed. Though we are
interested in all forms of constructive commentary on all topics related to
ID, we're particularly interested in how the data available from
ID.LOC.GOV is used. Your contributions directly inform service
enhancements.
The addition of Names has resulted in considerable changes to the
ID.LOC.GOV backend. Although we have endeavored to bring the service up
with all pieces in place, please be patient as we work out any remaining
"kinks".
You can send comments or report any problems to us via the ID feedback
form or ID listserv (see the web site).
Background:
The Authorities and Vocabularies web service was first made available in
May 2009 and offered the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), the
Library's initial entry into the Linked Data environment. In part by
assigning each vocabulary and each data value within it a unique resource
identifier (URI), the service provides a means for machines to semantically
access, use, and harvest authority and vocabulary data that adheres to W3C
recommendations, such as Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS), and
the more detailed vocabulary MADS/RDF. In this way, the Authorities and
Vocabularies web service also makes government data publicly and freely
available in the spirit of the Open Government directive. Although the
primary goal of the service is to enable machine access to Library of
Congress data, a web interface serves human users searching and
browsing the
vocabularies. The new datasets join the term and code lists already
available through the service:
* Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)
* Thesaurus of Graphic Materials
* MARC Code List for Relators
* MARC Code List for Countries (which reference their equivalent ISO 3166
codes)
* MARC Code List for Geographic Areas
* MARC Code List for Languages (which have been cross referenced with ISO
639-1, 639-2, and 639-5, where appropriate)
* PREMIS vocabularies for Cryptographic Hash Functions, Preservation
Events, and Preservation Level Roles
The above code lists also contain links with appropriate LCSH and LC/NAF
headings. Additional vocabularies will be added in the future, including
additional PREMIS controlled vocabularies.
--
Kevin Ford
Digital Project Coordinator
Network Development & MARC Standards Office
Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20540-4402
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 202 707 3526
--
Karen Coyle
[email protected] http://kcoyle.net
ph: 1-510-540-7596
m: 1-510-435-8234
skype: kcoylenet
--
Karen Coyle
[email protected] http://kcoyle.net
ph: 1-510-540-7596
m: 1-510-435-8234
skype: kcoylenet
