linked data - what to do with it?
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Presentation by Technology Evangelist, OCLC Richard Wallis at Next Library June 2013 on the Interactive Session: "Innovating on the collaborative: Using collective data wells for social impact".TRANSCRIPT
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Richard WallisTechnology Evangelist@rjw
Linked DataWhat to do with it?
Next Library - Aarhus - 17th June 2013
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where are our users?
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where are our users?
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The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where our users are!
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The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where our users are!
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The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where our users are!
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The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where are our users?
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where are our users?
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where our users are!
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where our users are!
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where our users are!
Romain Wenz BnF
Libraries Archives Museums
Libraries Archives Museums
The place to gofor information
Libraries Archives Museums
The place to gofor information
not any more!
Knowledge Graph(Linked Data)
THINGS NOT STRINGS
Knowledge Graph(Linked Data)
@Fascinatingpics
@Fascinatingpics
@Fascinatingpics
@Fascinatingpics
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data
The world’s libraries. Connected.
• 290+ Million resources• Schema.org• Embedded RDFa• Links to: Dewey, LCSH
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST• License: ODC-BY• Experimental - June 2012
Linked Data
is
good enough ?
is
good enough ?
• For library data exchange
is
good enough ?
• For library data exchange - No
is
good enough ?
• For library data exchange
• For sharing library data with the world
- No
is
good enough ?
• For library data exchange
• 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
BIBFRAME
BIBFRAME
http://bibframe.org
It is the foundation for the future of bibliographic description that happens on, in,
and as part of the web and the networked world we live in.
bibliographic descriptionas part of the web
BIBFRAME
http://bibframe.org
bibliographic description as part of the web
@Fascinatingpics
bibliographic description as part of the web
?
@Fascinatingpics
bibliographic description
≈ complimentary ≈
as part of the web
bibliographic description
Challenges for change
≈ complimentary ≈
as part of the web
bibliographic description
• Metadata for ‘items’
Challenges for change
≈ complimentary ≈
as part of the web
bibliographic description
• Metadata for ‘items’
• Searching for ‘works’
Challenges for change
≈ complimentary ≈
as part of the web
bibliographic description
• Metadata for ‘items’
• Searching for ‘works’
• Materials of all types - print / e / digital
Challenges for change
≈ complimentary ≈
as part of the web
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Be visibleOn the Web of Data
h"p://wallpapersfor.me/storm1beacon/
Be visibleOn the Web of Data
Light the way to your resources...
... registered in the network
We are moving fromcataloguing
We are moving fromcataloguing
to
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CONTENT NEGOTIATION
(Same Data - Different Formats)
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They build the infrastructure
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They build the infrastructure
We Can Use It!
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Richard WallisTechnology Evangelist@rjw
Linked DataWhat to do with it?
Next Library - Aarhus - 17th June 2013