Library Cataloging
Reading the article Using the OAI-PMH ... Differently by Herbert Van de Sompel, Jeffrey A. Young and Thomas B. Hickey in the latest D-Lib Magazine made me aware of an interesting resource, the GSAFD Thesaurus.The records have long been available for download in MARC format. OCLC has enriched the records by mapping LCSH to the terms and then making it available using OAI-PMH protocol. The records are displayed in Marc, Dublin Core or thesaurus format. There are permanent links to the record and a link to the LCSH term. Since it uses OAI-PMH, it is both human and machine readable, making it a Web service. Very slick.
- Browse Lcsh Database Links To Lcsh.info
The Browse LCSH database (6.5m records) now includes the complete file of 266.857 terms that was made available by the lcsh.info project. That means you find links from our database to the record in lcsh.info to view their innovative display. The notes...
- Terminologies/thesauri Pilot Program
OCLC is exploring a service that provides access to multiple thesauri for libraries, museums, and archives. The service will create consistent metadata for collections providing mappings across thesauri to assist in relating terminology. It will provide...
- Authority Records
Andrew Houghton commented on my remark about making the GSAFD authority records available for Web services in XML. Since not everybody sees the comments I'm reproducing it here.The MARC-XML records for GSAFD are already available from OCLC's Terminology...
- Mapping Thesauri
Another, much larger, mapping of terms from one thesauri to another is mapping MeSH to LCSH as done at Northwestern University. "Mapping the MeSH and LCSH Systems" by Tony Olson and Gary Strawn Information Technology and Libraries. 16(1) (March 1997)...
- Metadata
The new issue of D-Lib Magazine has the article Identifying Metadata Elements with URIs: The CORES Resolution by Thomas Baker and Makx Dekkers.On 18 November 2002, at a meeting organised by the CORES Project (Information Society Technologies Programme,...
Library Cataloging
GSAFD Thesaurus
Reading the article Using the OAI-PMH ... Differently by Herbert Van de Sompel, Jeffrey A. Young and Thomas B. Hickey in the latest D-Lib Magazine made me aware of an interesting resource, the GSAFD Thesaurus.The records have long been available for download in MARC format. OCLC has enriched the records by mapping LCSH to the terms and then making it available using OAI-PMH protocol. The records are displayed in Marc, Dublin Core or thesaurus format. There are permanent links to the record and a link to the LCSH term. Since it uses OAI-PMH, it is both human and machine readable, making it a Web service. Very slick.
- Browse Lcsh Database Links To Lcsh.info
The Browse LCSH database (6.5m records) now includes the complete file of 266.857 terms that was made available by the lcsh.info project. That means you find links from our database to the record in lcsh.info to view their innovative display. The notes...
- Terminologies/thesauri Pilot Program
OCLC is exploring a service that provides access to multiple thesauri for libraries, museums, and archives. The service will create consistent metadata for collections providing mappings across thesauri to assist in relating terminology. It will provide...
- Authority Records
Andrew Houghton commented on my remark about making the GSAFD authority records available for Web services in XML. Since not everybody sees the comments I'm reproducing it here.The MARC-XML records for GSAFD are already available from OCLC's Terminology...
- Mapping Thesauri
Another, much larger, mapping of terms from one thesauri to another is mapping MeSH to LCSH as done at Northwestern University. "Mapping the MeSH and LCSH Systems" by Tony Olson and Gary Strawn Information Technology and Libraries. 16(1) (March 1997)...
- Metadata
The new issue of D-Lib Magazine has the article Identifying Metadata Elements with URIs: The CORES Resolution by Thomas Baker and Makx Dekkers.On 18 November 2002, at a meeting organised by the CORES Project (Information Society Technologies Programme,...