linking library and theatre data
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Cataloguing and Indexing Group Scotland - 'Linked Data and the Semantic Web - what have libraries got to do with it?' National Library of Scotland, June 17, 2011 http://www.slainte.org.uk/events/EvntShow.cfm?uEventID=2671TRANSCRIPT
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Linking library and theatre dataLukas KosterLibrary Systems CoordinatorLibrary of the University of Amsterdamhttp://www.uba.uva.nl@lukask
Linked Data and the Semantic Web – CIGS June 17 2011, Edinburgh
Linked Data and the Semantic Web – CIGS June 17 2011, Edinburgh
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Pilot project
Linking library catalogue data to theatre performance data
Dutch Digital Cultural Heritage Foundation DEN as instigator
http://den.nl/
Library of the University of Amsterdam Theatre Institute of The Netherlands
http://tin.nl/http://www.uba.uva.nl/
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Pilot Objectives
Proof of concept Gather experience Added value for customers Set an example Convince cultural heritage institutions Convince TIN, UBA management
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Why, what, how, what not, results, problems, solutions?
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Libraries are meant to be gateways to information
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Helping customers find information
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Information used to be stored in physical items books
journals cds
dvds
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Services for customersSupport finding informationGive access to information
WWW
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Information is everywhere, elsewhere
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People Objects Newspapers Museums Publishers Books Files Archives Libraries Digital Physical Images Text Memories Movies Music Sound Statistics Research Journals Data Maps Metadata Collections Buildings History Art Science Government Societies Stories Photos Reports Private Public Games Shows Education Nature Speech War Schools Love Theatre Poetry Location Fiction Facts Fantasy Animals
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Subject area
Theatre
Godot
Personal context
Library context
Different contexts
Ad Aerts (@adaerts)
Search
No connection
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Catalogue results
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Catalogue results
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Catalogue results
Library catalogue = logistics and inventory system for storing and transporting physical items
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Catalogue results
Bibliographic metadata: description of physical attributes, location, availability
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Nothing about the content
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Library delivery
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Theatre play
Samuel Beckett
En attendant Godot (1949)
Waiting for Godot – a tragicomedy in two acts (1952)
A country road
A tree
Evening
Men in bowler hats
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Theatre context
PARADOXKey concept: The Performance
Nothing remains, except ‘residuals’/’waste products’:
Memories
Souvenir brochures
Recordings
Objects
Texts
Reviews
Metadata
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Theatre context
http://theaterinstituut.adlibsoft.com/
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Theatre context
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Theatre context
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Can we connect both contexts using linked data?
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Two sides
PublishUse
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Publishing linked data
URIs for all things
Preferably persistent
Return data in ‘machine readable format’
Triples/RDF/etc.
Vocabulary/ontology
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Using linked data
1. Construct URIs based on native metadata
2. Process returned RDF/Triples/etc.
3. Present results
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A theatre play data model
‘Play’
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Theatre Things (Entities)
Authors, actors, producers, etc. (persons) Plays (shows)
Productions
Performances Digital objects
Photos, posters, sound, video Physical objects
Costumes, scenery, models, posters, photos, sound, video …
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Library Things (Entities)
Authors (persons) Books/holdings/items (plays)
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MatchingLibrary catalogue results – Theatre production database results
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What we made
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How we did it URIs from TIN database
<base-url>/person/<personname>
<base-url>/title/<personname>/<title>
<base-url>/production/<personname>/<title>/<opening date>
Requested by OPAC
Returned by TINTogether with data
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How we did it - URIs
<base-url>/person/Beckett, Samuel
<base-url>/title/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot
JavaScript/JQuery
HTML
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How we did it – JavaScript/JQuery<base-url>/person/Beckett, Samuel
<base-url>/title/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot
<base-url>/production/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot/1988-11-22/6750
JavaScript/JQuery
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Problems No common identifiers
Aleph key ≠ key No internal links to common entity
No central “Work” String matching
Author: ‘Samuel Beckett’- ‘Beckett, Samuel’
Title: ‘Waiting for Godot’ –’En attendant Godot’ Copyright
Photos, videos, audio, artwork
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Identifiers/URIs/String matching
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot : a tragicomedy in two acts
/title/Beckett, Samuel/En attendant Godot : pièce en deux actes
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Wachten op Godot
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting For Godot
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Wachten op Godot
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Wachtend op Godot
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Wachten op Godot (De favorieten)
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Wachten op Godot (eerste bedrijf)
/title/Beckett, Samuel/En attendant Godot
/title/Beckett, Samuel/Warten auf Godot
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Solutions?
Add links:
Internally: FRBR
Externally: Authority files Smart string matching? Manually? External broker mechanism
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Links: FRBR, and more
Waiting for Godot
Wachtenop Godot (NL)
En attendantGodot (FR)
Production2009
Production2010
Performance 1
Performance 2
Performance 3
Manifestation
Item
Work
Expression
1st Edition2007
2nd Edition2010
Copy 1
Copy 2
Copy 3
Theatre Text/Publisher/Library
FRBR
Videoregistration
Article
Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 3
Photo
LibraryCatalogue
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Ideally….
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Current situation
Implicit relations
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Legacy systems => Linked Data
Make implicit relations explicit
Use external authority files
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‘1st edition 1956, 1st print of this edition 1965’
‘Original title: En attendant Godot’
Links as text strings
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MARCMARC record:- Identifiers to union catalogue records- Subfields with Autor name; Main title
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JavaScript/JQueryHTML
<base-url>/person/Beckett, Samuel
<base-url>/title/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot
<base-url>/person/068463928
<base-url>/title/841548528
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$8 – Field link and sequence numberIdentifies linked fields and may also propose a sequence for the linked fields. Subfield $8 may be repeated to link a field to one or more other group of fieldshttp://www.loc.gov/marc/bibliographic/ecbdcntf.html
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Worldcat Identities
Dutch Union CataloguePICA - OCLC
Digital Author Identifier
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Dutch Union CataloguePICA - OCLC
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Cataloguing: linking
FRBR
Author
Work
RDA
Author
Work