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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 >