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Presentation to the OCLC EMEARC meeting in Strasbourg 27th February 2013
Transcript of Linked Data and OCLC
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
OCLC@rjw
Linked Data and OCLC
Linked Data and OCLC
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The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data
The world’s libraries. Connected.
• 290+ Million resources• Schema.org + Extensions
Linked Data
The world’s libraries. Connected.
• 290+ Million resources• Schema.org + Extensions• Embedded RDFa
Linked Data
The world’s libraries. Connected.
• 290+ Million resources• Schema.org + Extensions• Embedded RDFa• Links to: Dewey, LCSH
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST
Linked Data
The world’s libraries. Connected.
• 290+ Million resources• Schema.org + Extensions• Embedded RDFa• Links to: Dewey, LCSH
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST• License: ODC-BY
Linked Data
The world’s libraries. Connected.
• 290+ Million resources• Schema.org + Extensions• Embedded RDFa• Links to: Dewey, LCSH
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST• License: ODC-BY• Experimental - June 2012
Linked Data
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data• 290+ Million resources• Schema.org + Extensions• 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 + Extensions• License: ODC-BY• August 2012
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data• 290+ Million resources• Schema.org + Extensions• Embedded RDFa• Links to: Dewey, LCSH
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST• License: ODC-BY• Experimental - June 2012
http://worldcat.org http://purl.oclc.org/dataset/WorldCat
Download file• Most widely held works
(250+ holdings)
• 1.2 Million resources(80 million triples)
• Schema.org + Extensions• License: ODC-BY• August 2012
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data• 290+ Million resources• Schema.org + Extensions• Embedded RDFa• Links to: Dewey, LCSH
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST• License: ODC-BY• Experimental - June 2012
http://worldcat.org http://purl.oclc.org/dataset/WorldCat
DATA & FORMAT
REFRESH IMMINENT
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
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bibliographic description as part of the web
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bibliographic description
≈ complimentary ≈
as part of the web
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bibliographic description
Challenges for change
≈ complimentary ≈
as part of the web
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bibliographic description
• Metadata for ‘items’
Challenges for change
≈ complimentary ≈
as part of the web
@Fascinatingpics
bibliographic description
• Metadata for ‘items’
• Searching for ‘works’
Challenges for change
≈ complimentary ≈
as part of the web
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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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Linked Data:
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Linked Data:“... great ideas, but with no visible support?”
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Where do I start?
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Do I need to link to everywhere?
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Do I need to link to everywhere?
Link to partnersand hubs
They will interlink
h"p://wallpapersfor.me/storm-‐beacon/
Be visibleOn the Web of Data
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Be visibleOn the Web of Data
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Be visibleOn the Web of Data
Light the way to your resources...
DreamWorks Pictures/Twentieth Century FoxLincolnMovieUK
Stop Copying
Stop Copying
Start Linking
Be of the Webof Data
We are moving fromcataloguing
We are moving fromcataloguing
to
h"p://catalinkingEric Miller -‐ Zepheira
Happening in a hurry?
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Happening in a hurry?
Years not decades
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Happening in a hurry?
The Web will progress without us
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Happening in a hurry?
Opportunity to reach for together
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Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
OCLC@rjw
Linked Data and OCLC
