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Related question: I want to store linked data URI references in my MARC records. If I want to store the URI to an LC Name Authority entry such as this one (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2010056162.html), what is the best way to do that? My guess would be to store it in a 100 control subfield 0, but I am not sure how to format it. Would it be something like this? (lcname)http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2010056162.html I'm guessing there is some technical acronym I should use instead of "lcname." Joshua Welker Information Technology Librarian James C. Kirkpatrick Library University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO 64093 JCKL 2260 660.543.8022 On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 11:04 AM, Josh Welker <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > That's exactly what I needed. Thanks, Kevin! > > Joshua Welker > Information Technology Librarian > James C. Kirkpatrick Library > University of Central Missouri > Warrensburg, MO 64093 > JCKL 2260 > 660.543.8022 <(660)%20543-8022> > > > On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 10:50 AM, Kevin Ford <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> There's no reason to screen scrape the results. >> >> The label service permits the use of the "Accept" header. For example: >> >> curl -i -L -H "Accept: application/rdf+xml" >> http://id.loc.gov/authorities/label/orchids >> >> Take note of the initial set of response headers: >> >> HTTP/1.1 302 FOUND >> Location: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85095334 >> X-URI: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85095334 >> X-PrefLabel: Orchids >> Cache-Control: public, max-age=1209600 >> Content-Length: 0 >> Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2017 12:41:00 GMT >> Server: Apache >> X-Varnish: 95467183 53781367 >> Age: 2343793 >> Via: 1.1 varnish-v4 >> X-Cache: HIT >> X-Cache-Hits: 24 >> Connection: keep-alive >> >> If you want, you could perform only a HEAD request on the label service >> and then use the X-URI and X-PrefLabel headers to gather the info you >> need. NB: The service works on an exact match, more or less; take off the >> 's' of 'orchids' and you'll get an entirely different result. >> >> You can also operate on the search results - not the label service - >> programatically. See "Supported Search serialization formats" here: >> http://id.loc.gov/techcenter/serializations.html One XML-based option >> and a JSON one too. >> >> Yours, >> Kevin >> >> >> >> >> On 8/25/17 10:39, Josh Welker wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Nathan. That looks like it will work if I do it manually, but >>> there >>> is no interface for doing it programmatically. Is LC okay with me screen >>> scraping the search results? >>> >>> Joshua Welker >>> Information Technology Librarian >>> James C. Kirkpatrick Library >>> University of Central Missouri >>> Warrensburg, MO 64093 >>> JCKL 2260 >>> 660.543.8022 >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 10:18 AM, Trail, Nate <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >>> >>> You can try our "label" service. See under "known label retrieval" here: >>>> http://id.loc.gov/techcenter/searching.html >>>> I would be glad to help further. >>>> >>>> Thanks, Nate >>>> >>>> ----------------------------------------- >>>> Nate Trail >>>> Network Development & MARC Standards Office >>>> LS/ABA/NDMSO >>>> LA308, Mail Stop 4402 >>>> Library of Congress >>>> Washington DC 20540 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of >>>> Josh Welker >>>> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2017 11:12 AM >>>> To: [log in to unmask] >>>> Subject: [CODE4LIB] Searching LC Name Authority file programmatically >>>> >>>> I have sort of inherited authority control recently at my library, and I >>>> want to find some way to automate some common workflows. I am looking >>>> for >>>> an easy way to query blind name references against the LC Name Authority >>>> master file. There is no API for searching it on the web, and the name >>>> file >>>> itself is 10+ GB and hard to work with. >>>> >>>> Here are options as I see them: >>>> >>>> >>>> - Screen scrape the search engine at id.loc.gov. >>>> - Load the 10+ GB name file into a local database to query >>>> programmatically. >>>> >>>> Does anyone have experience with either method? Does some other method >>>> exist I am not aware of? >>>> >>>> Joshua Welker >>>> Information Technology Librarian >>>> James C. Kirkpatrick Library >>>> University of Central Missouri >>>> Warrensburg, MO 64093 >>>> JCKL 2260 >>>> 660.543.8022 >>>> >>>> >