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• FAST was last updated on 26 April 2023.
  

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• MARC XML
  • All Files (.zip: 198MB)
  • By Facet
    • Personal Names (.zip: 85MB)
    • Corporate Names (.zip: 44MB)
    • Event (.zip: 1MB)
    • Uniform Titles (.zip: 7MB)
    • Chronological (.zip: 32k)
    • Topical (.zip: 35MB)
    • Geographic (.zip: 24MB)
    • FormGenre (.zip: 270k)
    • Meeting (.zip:1MB)
       
• RDF (Linked Data Format N-Triples)
  • All Files (.zip: 266MB)
  • By Facet
    • Personal Names (.zip: 111MB)
    • Corporate Names (.zip: 67MB)
    • Event (.zip: 2MB)
    • Uniform Titles (.zip: 9MB)
    • Chronological (.zip: 48k)
    • Topical (.zip: 46MB)
    • Geographic (.zip: 28MB)
    • FormGenre (.zip: 343k)
    • Meeting (.zip 1MB)
      
     
• ISO MARC
  • All Files (.zip: 203MB)
  • By Facet (Longer Facets are in several files)
    • Personal Names 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (.zip: all less than 10MB)
    • Corporate Names 0 1 2 3 4 (.zip: all less than 10MB)
    • Event (.zip: 1MB)
    • Uniform Titles (.zip: 7MB)
    • Chronological (.zip: 29k)
    • Topical 0 1 2 3 4 (.zip: all less than 10MB)
    • Geographic 0 1 2 (.zip: all less than 10MB)
    • FormGenre (.zip: 296k)
    • Meeting (.zip:1MB)
      

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This FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) data files are made available by OCLC under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-By): https://www.oclc.org/research/activities/fast/odcby.html.

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