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The Cultural Linked Data Backbone

OCLC ContactdagUtrecht 2 October 2012

Richard WallisTechnology EvangelistOCLC

@rjw

Backbone ?

Backbone ?

... the backbone of information for centuries

Backbone ?

Libraries Archives Museums

... the backbone of information for centuries

Libraries Archives Museums

... today on the Web?

DBpedia

Backbone Resources

Backbone Resources

• Government

Backbone Resources

• Government• Media

Backbone Resources

• Government• Media• Science

Backbone Resources

• Government• Media• Science• Libraries ?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jolieodell/4540783805

Data Open and/or LinkedData Open and/or Linked

Data Open and/or Linked

1. Data can be open, while not being linked




2. Data can be linked, while not being open





3. Data which is both open and linked is increasingly viable



Paul Walk - UKOLN



3. Data which is both open and linked is increasingly viable

4. The Semantic Web can only function with data which is both open and linked



Linked Data


Linked DataVIAF

http://viaf.orgHTML, RDF/XMLLicense: ODC-BY


Linked DataVIAF


Deweyhttp://dewey.infoHTML/RDFa, RDF/XML, Turtle, JSON - SPARQLLicense: CC BY-NC-ND


Linked DataVIAF


Deweyhttp://dewey.infoHTML/RDFa, RDF/XML, Turtle, JSON - SPARQLLicense: CC BY-NC-ND

FASThttp://id.worldcat.org/fastHTML, RDF/XML - DownloadLicense: ODC-BY


Linked Data


Linked Data• 270+ Million resources


Linked Data• 270+ Million resources• Schema.org + Library


Linked Data• 270+ Million resources• Schema.org + Library• Embedded RDFa


Linked Data• 270+ Million resources• Schema.org + Library• Embedded RDFa• Links to: Dewey, LCSH

LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST



LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST• License: ODC-BY



LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST• License: ODC-BY• Experimental - June 2012

Download file




Download file• Most widely held works

(250+ holdings)

• 1.2 Million resources(80 million triples)

• Schema.org + Library• License: ODC-BY• August 2012




Download file• Most widely held works

(250+ holdings)

• 1.2 Million resources(80 million triples)

• Schema.org + Library• License: ODC-BY• August 2012




http://worldcat.org http://purl.oclc.org/dataset/WorldCat

http://purl.oclc.org/dataset/WorldCat

http://purl.oclc.org/dataset/WorldCat

http://www.oclc.org/data/attribution.html


Linked Data


Linked DataVIAF: http://viaf.org

Dewey: http://dewey.info

FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast

WorldCat: http://www.worldcat.org

WorldCat Most Widely Held Download: http://purl.oclc.org/dataset/WorldCatMostHighlyHeld

ODC-BY Attribution Guidelines: http://www.oclc.org/data/attribution.html

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http://viaf.org

http://viaf.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:North_Atlantic_Ocean_laea_relief_location_map.jpg

Library Linked Data Potential

Library Linked Data Potential

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24736216@N07/6153313394/

Turning an Oil Tanker



Millennia of endeavor



Millennia of endeavorCenturies of practice



Millennia of endeavorCenturies of practiceDecades of systems



Millennia of endeavorCenturies of practiceDecades of systemsYears of cooperation



Millennia of endeavorCenturies of practiceDecades of systemsYears of cooperationLoads of standards




Huge heritage to build upon




Huge heritage to build uponIn an exponentially changing environment


Stop Copying


Stop Copying

Start Linking

Be of the Web!


The Cultural Linked Data Backbone

Richard WallisTechnology EvangelistOCLC

@rjw

OCLC ContactdagUtrecht 2 October 2012

Download - The Cultural Linked Data Backbone

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