On 21/07/10 00:50, Richard Light wrote:
So the next step on this journey requires the authorities behind LCSH to
be released as Linked Data as well. Then we will be in a position to
assess how feasible it is to allocate URLs, and hence shared
understanding of meaning, to the components of LCSH headings such as
"Civil War, 1861-1865".
"Civil War, 1861-1865" is an interesting one, because you kind of have
to know which war it is about. You can look at it here on Open Library:
http://openlibrary.org/subjects/time:civil_war_1861-1865
<http://openlibrary.org/subjects/time:civil_war_1861-1865#published_in=1865>
From the related place subjects list you can see "United States,
Confederate States of America, Virginia, Louisiana, ..." so even if you
weren't familiar with the dates you know it is the American Civil War.
If you look at the original MARC data it looks like this:
651 | 0 *$a* United States*$x* History*$y* Civil War, 1861-1865.|
Whenever a Civil War subject is used the place is included. They're less
meaningful when you break them up.
If you search for Civil War on the Open Library subject search you see
lots, but you don't know where they were:
http://openlibrary.org/search/subjects?q=Civil+War
--
Edward.
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