special collections, special thesauri: managing and publishing local vocabularies with tematres
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Special Collections, Special ThesauriManaging and Publishing Local Vocabularies with TemaTres
#alctsAC15 @AllisonJaiODell
4 June 2015, ALCTS Virtual Preconference, “Planning for the Evolving Role of Metadata Services”
Local Vocabularies
Local topics
Local foci
Local genres
Local names
Images from the University of Miami Zine Collection
and the Firefly Zine Collection
Local Thesauri
Management
Publication
Browsing
Searching
Connections
Linked Data
Inferences Check out the collections: library.miami.edu/specialcollections
Goals
• Define terminology
• Create a taxonomy
• Build synonym rings
• Build relationship graphs
Improve discovery
Tools• MultiTes: multites.com
• TermTree: termtree.com.au
• Synaptica: synaptica.com
• A.C.S. 121: www.acs121.com
• PoolParty: poolparty.biz
• TemaTres: vocabularyserver.com
TemaTres• Simple, free, and open source vocabulary management solution:
vocabularyserver.com
• Requires PHP, MySQL, and HTTP Web server
• Manage thesauri terms and relationships
• Manage relationships between vocabularies
• Linked-Data-Friendly: JSON-LD and SKOS formats
Manage Concepts
Notes
Scope
Historic
Bibliographic
Cataloger’s
Private
Language
Relationships
NT/BT/RT
Preferred/Non-Preferred
Web resource
Related vocabulary
Manage Internal Relationships
Preferred Terms
Non-Preferred Terms
Related Terms
Broader Terms
Narrower Terms
Conundrums: or, How to Play Lexical God
Relationships to external vocabularies are trickier!
“Body modification (or body alteration) is the
deliberate altering of the human anatomy or
human physical appearance. It is often done for
aesthetics, sexual enhancement, rites of passage,
religious beliefs, to display group membership or
affiliation, to create body art, for shock value, and
as self-expression, among other reasons. In its
broadest definition it includes plastic surgery,
socially acceptable decoration (e.g., common ear
piercing in many societies), and religious rites of
passage (e.g., circumcision in a number of
cultures), as well as the modern primitive
movement.” -- Wikipedia
Answers
Consider your warrant:
Literary warrant
User warrant
Organizational warrant
Wait, wait … How did we use this?
And then use ‘em!
Across collections
Across projects
As a browsing aid
As a searching aid
On the Web
On the Semantic Web
Questions?
Allison Jai O’Dell | [email protected] | @AllisonJaiODell
Metadata Librarian, University of Florida
Steve Hersh | [email protected]
Research Services & Projects Assistant, University of Miami
Elliot Williams | [email protected] | @elliot_dw
Digital Initiatives Metadata Librarian, University of Miami