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Library of Congress Linked Data Service
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<p>The LC Linked Data Service is an initiative of the <a href="/facts/Library_of_Congress/TfB6dEN5">Library of Congress</a> that publishes <a href="/facts/Authority_control/mlB6FEt2">authority data</a> as <a href="/facts/Linked_data/XKhE5aTQ">linked data</a>. It is commonly referred to by its URI: id.loc.gov. </p><p>The first offering of the LC Linked Data Service was the <a href="/facts/Library_of_Congress_Subject_Headings/UeMFFI0F">Library of Congress Subject Headings</a> (LCSH) dataset, which was released in April 2009. </p>