Obtaining the SCA Armorial Database
The data used by the search forms is distributed as delimited text files.
Database File
The armorial data is stored in a delimited text file known as oanda.db, which is roughly 18 MB in size.
You can download the database from https://oanda-update.digitalherald.org/oanda.db.
The file format is documented here.
Check the database version number to determine which data file is currently in use.
Category File
The armorial descriptions are stored using codes defined in a file known as my.cat, which is roughly 128 KB in size.
You can download the category file via HTTP from https://oanda-update.digitalherald.org/my.cat
The file format is documented here.
Copyright
The database is protected by copyright, but broad blanket permissions have been granted for verbatim redistribution and personal use. See the copyright notice for details.