That would have been NGC4LIB - copying simons email for reference:
On Feb 12, 2007, at 9:47 AM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote:
To implement the kind of interfaces we are imagining, we _need_ an
affordable source of _machine readable/processable_ 'authority' data,
including the information actually found in LC authority records, as
Reposting from the headings list:
I just wanted to let people know that the LCSH* are available for download
in MarcXML format at http://www.ibiblio.org/fred2.0/authorities/ .
The data are public domain within the United States, but may be copyrighted
in other countries; please check with LC if this may affect you.
The asterisk is present due to certain problems identified during validation
checks; the data were downloaded during the first weeks of december from
authorities.loc.gov, and reflect certain differences between that site and
the, authoritative authorities (that sounds so odd:).
The differences are very minor, and affect only a tiny number of records;
however, until they are brought fully in to alignment they should not be
used without verification for submission to co-operative cataloging
programs or other in other situations where zero defects are essential.
See the README file at http://www.ibiblio.org/fred2.0/readme.pdf for more
information.
The Fred 2.0 project is dedicated to the memory of Prof. Fredrick G.
Kilgour, 1914-2006.
On 4/20/07, Ed Summers <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> On 4/20/07, Richard Wallis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Just talking about it will help, and there seems to be much more of
> > that going on now. Open conversation and open thought may well be a
> > precursor to open data - we can all hope.
>
> Well said :-) One project that didn't get mentioned and I only
> stumbled on somehow (probably because I don't subscribe to the right
> feeds or discussion lists) is Simon Spero's project Fred 2.0.
>
> http://www.ibiblio.org/fred2.0/
>
> There's a pdf in that directory that describes what he's done--but
> he's essentially pulled down all the LoC Authority data and made it
> publicly available.
>
> //Ed
>
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