hI! That is so great, thank you very much for your effort! Do you plan SPARQL access by any chance?
Yury On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 9:11 PM, Ford, Kevin <k...@loc.gov> wrote: > 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: k...@loc.gov > Tel: 202 707 3526 > > > > > -- Yury V. Katkov WikiVote! llc
