I think I prefer the FAST auto-suggest results to the LOC one. Thanks! Josh Welker
-----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of LeVan,Ralph Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2013 10:00 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API There's also an autosuggester for FAST. http://oclc.org/developer/services/assignfast Ralph -----Original Message----- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Karen Coyle Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 4:23 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: LOC Subject Headings API If you don't have to use LCSH... the Agrovoc thesaurus has a term suggester API: try http://foris.fao.org/agrovoc/ It's actually easier to use than LCSH because the terms are not pre-coordinated. kc On 6/5/13 9:58 AM, Joshua Welker wrote: > Hmm, that is pretty smart. I am actually hoping to roll this whole thing into > a plugin for Wordpress/Drupal, so if possible I want to avoid using anything > that is going to require server configuration (ie setting up Solr). But I bet > I could just roll all the LCSH data into an SQLite file and then search it > with PHP on the server. > > This might work. Thanks! > > Josh Welker > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf > Of Ethan Gruber > Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 11:51 AM > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API > > I once put all of the LCSH headings into a local Solr index and used > TermsComponent to power autosuggest. It was really fast. > > Ethan > > > On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Joshua Welker <jwel...@sbuniv.edu> wrote: > >> I realized since I made that comment that the API is designed to give >> the top 10 subject heading suggestions rather than all of them. >> >> So that part is fine. But I am once again unsure if the API will work >> for me. I am creating a mashup of several data sources for my >> auto-suggest feature, and I am having a hard time dynamically adding >> the results from the LOC Suggest API to the existing collection of >> data that is used to populate my jQuery UI Autocomplete field. >> Ideally, I'd like to be able to have all the LC Subject Heading data >> cached on my server so that I can build my autocomplete data source >> one time rather than having to deal with dynamically adding, sorting, >> etc. But then the problem I run into is that the LCSH master file is so big >> that it basically crashes the server. >> >> That's why I'm thinking I might have to give up on this project. >> >> Josh Welker >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf >> Of Michael J. Giarlo >> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 9:59 AM >> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU >> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API >> >> Josh, >> >> Can you say more about how the API isn't behaving as you expected it to? >> >> -Mike >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Joshua Welker <jwel...@sbuniv.edu> wrote: >> >>> I went with this method and made some good progress, but the results >>> the API was returning were not what I expected. I might have to give >>> up on this project. >>> >>> Josh Welker >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf >>> Of Ethan Gruber >>> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 8:22 AM >>> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU >>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API >>> >>> You'd write some javascript to query the service with every >>> keystroke, >> e.g. >>> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Hi replies with subjects >>> beginning with "hi*" It looks like covo.js supports LCSH, so you >>> could look into that. >>> >>> Ethan >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Joshua Welker <jwel...@sbuniv.edu> >> wrote: >>>> This would work, except I would need a way to get all the subjects >>>> rather than just biology. Any idea how to do that? I tried removing >>>> the querystring from the URL and changing "Biology" in the URL to "" >>>> with no success. >>>> >>>> Josh Welker >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On >>>> Behalf Of Michael J. Giarlo >>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 7:05 PM >>>> To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU >>>> Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] LOC Subject Headings API >>>> >>>> How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature? >>>> >>>> mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology >>>> ["Biology",["Biology","Biology Colloquium","Biology Curators' >>>> Group","Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.)","Biology and Earth >>>> Sciences Teaching Institute","Biology and Management of True Fir in >>>> the Pacific Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle, Wash.)","Biology >>>> and Resource Management Program (Alaska Cooperative Park Studies >>>> Unit)","Biology and behavior series","Biology and environment >>>> (Macmillan Press)","Biology and management of old-growth >>>> forests"],["1 >>>> result","1 result","1 result","1 >>>> result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 >>>> result"],["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203","; >>>> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962","; >>>> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795","; >>>> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466","; >>>> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787","; >>>> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541","; >>>> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525","; >>>> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518","; >>>> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448","; >>>> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058";]] >>>> >>>> -Mike >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker <jwel...@sbuniv.edu> >>> wrote: >>>>> I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority >>>>> file is pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to >>>>> handle in an automated way and without completely killing my web >>>>> app due to memory constraints while searching the file. Thanks, >> though. >>>>> Josh Welker >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: Bryan Baldus [mailto:bryan.bal...@quality-books.com] >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:39 PM >>>>> To: Code for Libraries; Joshua Welker >>>>> Subject: RE: LOC Subject Headings API >>>>> >>>>> On Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker >>>>> [jwel...@sbuniv.edu] >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search >>>>>> box, and >>>>> I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list. >>>>> Does anyone know of any web service that allows for automated >>>>> harvesting of LOC Subject Headings? I am also looking for name >>>> authorities, for that matter. >>>>> Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... >>>>> I have spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like >>>>> the sort of general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be >>>>> interested >>> in. >>>>> I feel like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated. >>>>> >>>>> Have you seen http://id.loc.gov/ with bulk downloads in various >>>>> formats at http://id.loc.gov/download/ >>>>> >>>>> I hope this helps, >>>>> >>>>> Bryan Baldus >>>>> Senior Cataloger >>>>> Quality Books Inc. >>>>> The Best of America's Independent Presses >>>>> 1-800-323-4241x402 >>>>> bryan.bal...@quality-books.com >>>>> eij...@cpan.org >>>>> http://home.comcast.net/~eijabb/ >>>>> -- Karen Coyle kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet
