FAST stands for Faceted Application of Subject Terms.1 It is an OCLC research project development of whichbegan in 1998, in collaboration with Library of Congress. The objective was to combine the rich vocabulary ofLCSH with a simplified syntax to deliver a schema that is easier for cataloguers and indexers to understand,control and apply but also enables effective subject access. The schema maintains upward compatibility withLCSH enabling any valid LCSH subject headings to be converted to FAST. FAST headings have beenautomatically generated in OCLC records and are already a familiar presence in catalogue records.
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