Thanks, Kevin. This was obviously one heck of a project! Very impressive. I looked at an entry in id.loc.gov and in VIAF and couldn't immediately see a connecting URI (browsing through the RDF/XML) -- is there one, or are there plans to create those links between the two vocabularies? Here are the records I was looking at: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84031182.html RDF: (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84031182.rdf) http://errol.oclc.org/laf/n%20%2084031182.html RDF: (http://viaf.org/viaf/69121416/rdf.xml) kc Quoting "Ford, Kevin" <[log in to unmask]>: > Announcement: New Vocabulary Data Added to LC Authorities and > Vocabularies Service > > The Library of Congress is pleased to make available additional > vocabularies from its Authorities and Vocabularies web service > (ID.LOC.GOV), which provides access to Library of Congress standards > and vocabularies as Linked Data. The new dataset is: > > * Library of Congress Name Authority File (LC/NAF) > > In addition, the service has been enhanced to provide separate > access to the following datasets which have been a part of the LCSH > dataset access: > > * Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms > * Library of Congress Children's Headings > > The LC/NAF data are published in RDF using the MADS/RDF and SKOS/RDF > vocabularies, as are the other datasets. Individual concepts are > accessible at the ID.LOC.GOV web service via a web browser interface > or programmatically via content-negotiation. The vocabulary data are > available for bulk download in MADS and SKOS RDF (the Name file and > main LCSH file will be available by Friday, August 12). > > **Please explore it for yourself at http://id.loc.gov. ** > > Contact Us about ID: > As always, your feedback is important and welcomed. Though we are > interested in all forms of constructive commentary on all topics > related to ID, we're particularly interested in how the data > available from ID.LOC.GOV is used. Your contributions directly > inform service enhancements. > > The addition of Names has resulted in considerable changes to the > ID.LOC.GOV backend. Although we have endeavored to bring the > service up with all pieces in place, please be patient as we work > out any remaining "kinks". > > You can send comments or report any problems to us via the ID > feedback form or ID listserv (see the web site). > > Background: > The Authorities and Vocabularies web service was first made > available in May 2009 and offered the Library of Congress Subject > Headings (LCSH), the Library's initial entry into the Linked Data > environment. In part by assigning each vocabulary and each data > value within it a unique resource identifier (URI), the service > provides a means for machines to semantically access, use, and > harvest authority and vocabulary data that adheres to W3C > recommendations, such as Simple Knowledge Organization System > (SKOS), and the more detailed vocabulary MADS/RDF. In this way, the > Authorities and Vocabularies web service also makes government data > publicly and freely available in the spirit of the Open Government > directive. Although the primary goal of the service is to enable > machine access to Library of Congress data, a web interface serves > human users searching and browsing the vocabularies. The new > datasets join the term and code lists already available through the > service: > > * Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) > * Thesaurus of Graphic Materials > * MARC Code List for Relators > * MARC Code List for Countries (which reference their equivalent ISO > 3166 codes) > * MARC Code List for Geographic Areas > * MARC Code List for Languages (which have been cross referenced > with ISO 639-1, 639-2, and 639-5, where appropriate) > * PREMIS vocabularies for Cryptographic Hash Functions, Preservation > Events, and Preservation Level Roles > > The above code lists also contain links with appropriate LCSH and > LC/NAF headings. Additional vocabularies will be added in the > future, including additional PREMIS controlled vocabularies. > > > -- > Kevin Ford > Digital Project Coordinator > Network Development & MARC Standards Office > Library of Congress > 101 Independence Avenue, SE > Washington, DC 20540-4402 > > Email: [log in to unmask] > Tel: 202 707 3526 > -- Karen Coyle [log in to unmask] http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet