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We are also very interested in doing this at UVM. We have been storing  
the files locally as well, and it pretty cumbersome.
-Winona


Quoting Ethan Gruber <[log in to unmask]>:

> Hi all,
>
> I have a need to integrate the LCSH terms into a web form that uses
> auto-suggest to control the vocabulary.  Is this technically possible with
> the id.loc.gov service?  I can curl a specific id to view the rdf, but I
> would need to know the specifics of the search index on the site to feed the
> auto-suggest.  For example, when the user types "va" in the box, the results
> should filter all subject headings that begin with "va."
>
> I can certainly accomplish this by indexing the ~400 meg XML file into solr
> and use TermsComponent to filter terms dynamically as the user types, but
> I'd rather use the LOC's service if possible.
>
> So my question is: has anyone successfully done this before in the way I
> described?
>
> Thanks,
> Ethan Gruber
> University of Virginia Library
>