Nice development Kevin, thanks for sharing. Is there a blogpost that you've written to share more widely via twitter etc?
If you create a write up, sharing a bit about the impetus for the vocab effort and how it's being used would be of interest - kind of the 'human interest' side vs the factual abstract already included. Also I encourage you to reach out to the editors at semanticweb.com to write an article in advance of August's SemTech conference (San Jose CA Aug '14).[1] Again, thanks for sharing with the list. Cheers, Bernadette Hyland CEO, 3 Round Stones, Inc. www.about.me/BernHyland [1] http://semtechbizsj2014.semanticweb.com > On Jun 25, 2014, at 5:01 PM, "Ford, Kevin" <[email protected]> wrote: > > The Library of Congress is pleased to make two new vocabularies available as > linked data from LC's Linked Data Service, ID.LOC.GOV: the Library of > Congress Medium of Performance Thesaurus for Music (LCMPT) and the American > Folklife Society's Ethnographic Thesaurus (AFSET). The LCMPT is a linked > data representation of terminology to describe the instruments, voices, etc., > used in the performance of musical works. The AFSET is a linked data > representation of terms that can be used to improve access to information > about folklore, ethnomusicology, ethnology, and related fields. > > While LCMPT is relatively small, with fewer than 1,000 entries, AFSET > includes more than 16,000 concepts. > > Bulk downloads have been made available from the Downloads page for each > dataset. On a related note, a number of bulk downloads - such as those for > Children's Subject Headings and Genre Form Headings - have also been updated. > > ** > > Please explore them for yourself at > > LCMPT - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/performanceMediums > AFSET - http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/ethnographicTerms > > ** > > 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. > > You can send comments or report any problems to us via the ID feedback form > or ID listserv (see the web site). > > Background: > The LC Linked Data 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 LC Linked Data 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) > * Library of Congress Children's Subject Headings > * Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms > * Library of Congress / NACO Name Authority File > * Library of Congress / LCC (select schedules) > * Thesaurus of Graphic Materials > * Cultural Heritage Organizations > * 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 > > The above code lists also contain links with appropriate LCSH and LC/NAF > headings. > > LC's Linked Data Service is managed by the Network Development and MARC > Standards Office of the Library of Congress. > > > -- > Kevin Ford > Network Development and MARC Standards Office > Library of Congress > Washington, DC > >
