May be covo.js can help you: http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/5994
https://github.com/haseharu/covojs
2013/6/4 Andreas Orphanides <[log in to unmask]>
> Something something Simon Spero something something OWL something LOC
> hierarchy?
>
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 8:04 PM, Michael J. Giarlo <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > How about id.loc.gov's OpenSearch-powered autosuggest feature?
> >
> > mjg@moby:~$ curl http://id.loc.gov/authorities/suggest/?q=Biology
> > ["Biology",["Biology","Biology Colloquium","Biology Curators'
> > Group","Biology Databook Editorial Board (U.S.)","Biology and Earth
> > Sciences Teaching Institute","Biology and Management of True Fir in the
> > Pacific Northwest Symposium (1981 : Seattle, Wash.)","Biology and
> Resource
> > Management Program (Alaska Cooperative Park Studies Unit)","Biology and
> > behavior series","Biology and environment (Macmillan Press)","Biology and
> > management of old-growth forests"],["1 result","1 result","1 result","1
> > result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1 result","1
> > result"],["http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014203","
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006962","
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90639795","
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85100466","
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr97041787","
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85276541","
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82057525","
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90605518","
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2001011448","
> > http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94028058"]]
> >
> > -Mike
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:51 PM, Joshua Welker <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I did see that, and it will work in a pinch. But the authority file is
> > > pretty massive--almost 1GB-- and would be difficult to handle in an
> > > automated way and without completely killing my web app due to memory
> > > constraints while searching the file. Thanks, though.
> > >
> > > Josh Welker
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bryan Baldus [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:39 PM
> > > To: Code for Libraries; Joshua Welker
> > > Subject: RE: LOC Subject Headings API
> > >
> > > On Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:31 PM, Joshua Welker [[log in to unmask]]
> > > wrote:
> > > >I am building an auto-suggest feature into our library's search box,
> and
> > > I am wanting to include LOC subject headings in my suggestions list.
> Does
> > > anyone know of any web service that allows for automated harvesting of
> > LOC
> > > Subject Headings? I am also looking for name authorities, for that
> > matter.
> > > Any format will be acceptable to me: RDF, XML, JSON, HTML, CSV... I
> have
> > > spent a while Googling with no luck, but this seems like the sort of
> > > general-purpose thing that a lot of people would be interested in. I
> feel
> > > like I must be missing something. Any help is appreciated.
> > >
> > > Have you seen http://id.loc.gov/ with bulk downloads in various
> formats
> > > at http://id.loc.gov/download/
> > >
> > > I hope this helps,
> > >
> > > Bryan Baldus
> > > Senior Cataloger
> > > Quality Books Inc.
> > > The Best of America's Independent Presses
> > > 1-800-323-4241x402
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> > > [log in to unmask]
> > > http://home.comcast.net/~eijabb/
> > >
> >
>
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Diego Ferreyra
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