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OCLC Terminology Services
Terminology Services, an Experimental Services for Controlled Vocabularies, a project of OCLC Research is now available.
Highlights
Search descriptions of controlled vocabulariesSearch for concepts/headings in a controlled vocabularyRetrieve a single concept/heading by its identifierView relationships for a concept/heading including equivalence, hierarchical, and associativeRetrieve concepts/headings in multiple representations including HTML, MARC XML, SKOS, and Zthes.Search using SRU CQL syntax
Vocabulary Resources include:
FAST subject headingsGSAFD Form and genre termsLibrary of Congress AC Subject HeadingsLibrary of Congress Subject HeadingsMedical Subject HeadingsThesaurus for graphic materials: TGM IThesaurus for graphic materials: TGM II
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Downloadable Version Of Fast Now Available
Image via WikipediaOCLC has announced a downloadable version of FAST is now available. OCLC Research has made FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) available for bulk download, along with some minor improvements based on user feedback and...
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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...
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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...
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Changing Lc Subject Headings
A post on AUTOCAT alerted me to this, suggestions for changes to LC subject headings can be made from the Authorities & Vocabularies service. There is a suggest terminology tab at the top of the page. I missed that for how long? The LC Authorities...
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Vocabulary Control In Omeka
Omeka now offers Simple Vocab and Library of Congress Subject Headings Plugins.We?ve written two plugins for administrators who want to make data entry easier and more reliable. With the Simple Vocab plugin you can define a controlled vocabulary for any...
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