from record to graph

The world’s libraries. Connected.

From Record To Graph

Semantic Technology and Business Conference, San Francisco, June 2013#SemTechBiz

Richard WallisTechnology EvangelistOCLC

@rjw

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Libraries


Librarieshave been around for a while...


Ephesus - 117 AD

Librarieshave been around for a while...

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capturing data for aLibraries

while...


capturing data for aLibraries

Catalog Cards

while...


capturing data for a

From mid 19th Century

Libraries

Catalog Cards

while...



From mid 19th CenturyMelvil Dewey - 1881

Libraries

Catalog Cards

while...



From mid 19th CenturyMelvil Dewey - 1881

Library of Congress Print Service 1901

Libraries

Catalog Cards

while...

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Libraries

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Indexed by name

Libraries

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Libraries

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Indexed by subject

Indexed by number (Dewey)

Libraries

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Catalog Cards

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Catalog Cards

Originally hand written

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Catalog Cards


Printed by authorities

Catalog Cards


Printed by authorities

Library of Congress - 1901British Library

OCLC

Catalog Cards

Machine-Readable Cataloging

Marc Records1970’s

Libraries Archives Museums


The place to gofor information


The place to gofor information

not any more!


Where are our users?

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Where our users are!

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Knowledge Graph

THINGS NOT STRINGS

Knowledge Graph

Romain Wenz BnF

WorldCat.org

290+ Million Bibliographic Resources


Linked Data• 290+ Million resources• Schema.org• Embedded RDFa• Links to: Dewey, LCSH

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


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

CONTENT- NEGOTIATION

RDF/XML - JSON - TURTLE - TRIPLES

JUNE 2013



is

good enough ?

is

good enough ?

• For library data exchange

is

good enough ?

• For library data exchange - No

is

good enough ?


• For sharing library data with the world

- No

is

good enough ?


• For sharing library data with the world

- No

- Almost

http://www.w3.org/community/schemabibex

• Short lived group

• Libraries, Publishers, Consumers, System Vendors, Linked Data, Standards Bodies

• Library is only one focus



h"p://wallpapersfor.me/storm-‐beacon/

Be visibleOn the Web of Data

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h"p://wallpapersfor.me/storm-‐beacon/

Be visibleOn the Web of Data

Light the way to resources...

... registered in the network



Where do I start?

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Do I need to link to everywhere?


Do I need to link to everywhere?

Link to partnersand hubs

They will interlink

DreamWorks Pictures/Twentieth Century FoxLincolnMovieUK

So, what can libraries do?

Stop Copying

Stop Copying

Start Linking

Be of the Webof Data

Happening in a hurry?

@Fascinatingpics


Years not decades

@Fascinatingpics


The Web will progress without us

@Fascinatingpics


Opportunity to reach for together...

@Fascinatingpics

Opportunity to reach for together ...

Opportunity to reach for together ... reassert

our role as a discoverable source

For all materialsPrint/ /Journals/Articles/DigitalEBook





@rjw





@rjw

the global knowledge

Y

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from record to graph

Technology

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linked data

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library license

short lived group libraries

bibliographic resources

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