Library Cataloging
OCLC has released FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) as Linked Data.
- Mapfast
An interesting tool from OCLC research, MapFAST now has a RESTful interface. The Web Service underlying the mapFAST map demo is now available for public use. Developers can use this Web Service to develop their own applications to discover FAST headings...
- Faceted Application Of Subject Terminology Book
FAST: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology: Principles and Application by Lois Mai Chan and Edward T. O'Neill is due to be published soon.While The Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) is perhaps the best known bibliographic control...
- Subject Headings
Over on AUTOCAT there is discussion on the inadequacies of subject headings. Well worth reading the thread. One suggestion was to add more cross-references to authority records. I strongly agree, but I'd not only add them to my records but use SACO...
- Faceted Application Of Subject Terminology
The paper, FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology): A Simplified LCSH-based Vocabulary presented at the World Library and Information Congress, is available, in PDF, from the IFLA Web site. Originally written in English, it is also available...
- Fast
The Faceted Application of Subject Terminology project will be discussed at mid-winter. It deserves consideration.Recent trends, driven to a large extent by the rapid growth of the Web, are forcing changes in bibliographic control systems to make them...
Library Cataloging
OCLC Releases FAST as Linked Data
OCLC has released FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) as Linked Data.
FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology), an enumerative, faceted subject heading schema derived from the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), is now available as an experimental Linked Data service (http://id.worldcat.org/fast/) and is made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
The FAST authority file, which underlies the FAST Linked Data release, has been created through a multi-year collaboration of OCLC Research and the Library of Congress. Specifically, it is designed to make the rich LCSH vocabulary available as a post-coordinate system in a Web environment.
"Linked Data" is an approach to publishing data on the Web which enhances its utility by making references to persons, places, things, etc. more consistent and linkable across domains.
The release of FAST as Linked Data provides FAST headings that support both human and machine access. FAST incorporates links to corresponding LCSH authorities. In addition, many of the geographic headings have links to the GeoNames geographic database (http://www.geonames.org/).
- Mapfast
An interesting tool from OCLC research, MapFAST now has a RESTful interface. The Web Service underlying the mapFAST map demo is now available for public use. Developers can use this Web Service to develop their own applications to discover FAST headings...
- Faceted Application Of Subject Terminology Book
FAST: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology: Principles and Application by Lois Mai Chan and Edward T. O'Neill is due to be published soon.While The Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) is perhaps the best known bibliographic control...
- Subject Headings
Over on AUTOCAT there is discussion on the inadequacies of subject headings. Well worth reading the thread. One suggestion was to add more cross-references to authority records. I strongly agree, but I'd not only add them to my records but use SACO...
- Faceted Application Of Subject Terminology
The paper, FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology): A Simplified LCSH-based Vocabulary presented at the World Library and Information Congress, is available, in PDF, from the IFLA Web site. Originally written in English, it is also available...
- Fast
The Faceted Application of Subject Terminology project will be discussed at mid-winter. It deserves consideration.Recent trends, driven to a large extent by the rapid growth of the Web, are forcing changes in bibliographic control systems to make them...