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+id is a django project for serving up LCSH authority data as SKOS RDF, JSON
+and HTML. Once upon a time it was the prototype code for the service running
+at id.loc.gov, but it has since been superseded. It is here in GitHub mainly 
+for historical reasons, and also to keep the MARC -> SKOS mapping, which could
+be useful for some purposes in the future.
+
+The paper [LCSH, SKOS and Linked Data](http://arxiv.org/abs/0805.2855) has some
+background information, on why this project was done.
+
+## Installation
+
+1. install python
+1. install mysql
+1. python setup.py build # should install python dependencies
+1. echo "CREATE DATABASE id CHARACTER SET utf8; GRANT ALL ON id.* to '{username}'@'localhost' identified by '{password}';" | mysql -u root -p
+
+1. update DATABASE_USER and DATABASE_PASSWORD in settings.py
+1. update MEDIA_ROOT in settings.py to be the full path to the static directory
+1. change AUTHORITIES_URL as appropriate in settings.py 
+1. python manage.py syncdb
+1. echo "ALTER table authorities_concept ADD FULLTEXT INDEX concept_fulltext_index (pref_label);" | mysql -u {username} -p id
+1. python manage.py load_marcxml marc.xml
+1. python manage.py runserver
+1. go to http://localhost:8000/authorities
+
+## License
+
+Public Domain <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/>