The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data at OCLC
Roy Tennant
Senior Program Officer
ALA Midwinder, January 2013
The world’s libraries. Connected.
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)http://viaf.orgHTML, RDF/XML
Dewey Decimal Classificationhttp://dewey.infoHTML/RDFa, RDF/XML, Turtle, JSON - SPARQL
FAST: Faceted Application of Subject Terminologyhttp://id.worldcat.org/fastHTML, RDF/XML - Download
OCLC Linked Data Resources
The world’s libraries. Connected.
• WorldCat.org (all books and journal titles)
• Schema.org + Library extensions
• Embedded RDFa
• Links to: Dewey, LCSH, LCNAF, DOI, VIAF,
FAST
• License: ODC-BY
• Experimental - June 2012
OCLC Linked Data Resources
The world’s libraries. Connected.
The world’s libraries. Connected.
The world’s libraries. Connected.
http://www.w3.org/community/schemabibex
• Short lived group• Libraries, Publishers, Consumers, System Vendors, Linked Data, Standards Bodies• Library is only one focus
The world’s libraries. Connected.
The world’s libraries. Connected.
The world’s libraries. Connected.
The world’s libraries. Connected.
The world’s libraries. Connected.
The world’s libraries. Connected.
The world’s libraries. Connected.
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Use of Our Linked Data
The world’s libraries. Connected.
The world’s libraries. Connected.
The world’s libraries. Connected.
The world’s libraries. Connected.
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Challenges
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Data Modeling Well is Not TrivialData Modeling Well is Not Trivial
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Our Data Isn’t Always Easily Shareable
Our Data Isn’t Always Easily Shareable
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Playing Well With Others is Not Always Easy
Playing Well With Others is Not Always Easy
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Roy Tennant
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