https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.11854815.v1 Linking library catalogue metadata to theatre production/performance metadata and objects ELAG 2011 Prague, May 25 2011

1. Linking libraries to the real world a tragicomedy in two acts Ad Aerts sArte.nl Foundation http ://sarte.nl/ @adaerts Lukas Koster Library Systems Coordinator Library of the University of Amsterdam http://www.uba.uva.nl @lukask ELAG2011 - Prague – May 25, 2011

2. Act one: Libraries Lukas Koster as The Librarian Ad Aerts as The Theatre Lover

3. Curtain

5. Personal context The Theatre Lover Person Interests Background

6. Library context The Librarian Copies Publications Shelves Cards Dewey LCC MARC OPAC

7. Estragon: ‘ One knows what to expect ’

8. Estragon: ‘ People are bloody ignorant apes ’

10. Catalogue results

11. Vladimir: ‘Perhaps it’s not the right word’

12. Catalogue results

13. Estragon: ‘There’s nothing to show’

15. Theatre context http://theaterinstituut.adlibsoft.com/

16. Theatre context

17. Out of context Theatre Personal context Library context Theatre context

18. In context Theatre Personal context Library context Theatre context

19. Estragon: ‘ Nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes, it's awful ’

20. In context Personal context Library context Theatre context

21. In context Personal context Library context Theatre context

23. Act two: The Real World Lukas Koster as The Linker Ad Aerts as The Nerd

25. Pilot project Linking library catalogue data to theatre performance data Dutch Digital Cultural Heritage Foundation DEN as instigator http://den.nl/

26. Vladimir: “We could start all over again perhaps” Estragon: “That should be easy” Vladimir: “It’s the start that’s difficult” Estragon: “You can start from anything” Vladimir: “Yes, but you have to decide” Estragon: “True”

28. Lucky: ‘For reasons unknown’

30. Two sides Publish Use

31. Publishing linked data URIs for all things Preferably persistent Return data in ‘machine readable format’ Triples/RDF/etc. Vocabulary/ontology

32. Using linked data 1. Construct URIs based on native metadata 2. Process returned RDF/Triples/etc. 3. Present results

33. A theatre play data model ‘ Play ’

37. What we made

39. How we did it - URIs < base-url >/person/Beckett, Samuel < base-url >/title/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot JavaScript/JQuery HTML

40. How we did it - JSON jsonTIN({ &quot;name&quot;:&quot;Beckett, Samuel&quot;, &quot;birth.country&quot;:&quot;Ierland&quot;, &quot;birth.date&quot;:&quot; 1906*&quot;, &quot;birth.place&quot;:&quot;Foxrock&quot;, &quot;death.date&quot;:&quot;1989-12-22&quot;, &quot;death.place&quot;:&quot;Parijs&quot;, &quot;titles&quot;:&quot;/gettitles/Beckett, Samuel&quot; }) < base-url >/person/Beckett, Samuel

41. How we did it - JSON < base-url >/title/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot jsonTIN({ &quot;production&quot;:[ &quot;/production/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot/1988-07-28/5777&quot;, &quot;/production/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot/1988-11-22/6750&quot;, &quot;/production/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot/1992-04-16/10728&quot;, &quot;/production/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot/1981-02-18/43032&quot; ] })

42. How we did it - JSON <base-url>/ production/Beckett, Samuel/Waiting for Godot/1988-11-22/6750 jsonTIN({ &quot;name&quot;:&quot;Beckett, Samuel&quot;, &quot;title&quot;:&quot;Waiting for Godot&quot;, &quot;opening&quot;:&quot;1988-11-22&quot;, &quot;people&quot;:[ { &quot;description&quot;:&quot;Beckett, Samuel (auteur)&quot;, &quot;uri&quot;:&quot;/person/Beckett, Samuel&quot;}, { &quot;description&quot;:&quot;Theedom, Peter (uitvoerende)&quot;, &quot;uri&quot;:&quot;/person/Theedom, Peter&quot; }, { &quot;description&quot;:&quot;Stewart, Reginald (uitvoerende)&quot;, &quot;uri&quot;:&quot;/person/Stewart, Reginald&quot; } ] })

43. 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

47. Estragon: ‘ We’ve lost our rights? ’ … Pozzo: ‘ The road is free to all ’

48. 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

49. Pozzo: “ I am Pozzo!....Pozzo! … Does that name mean nothing to you?... I say does that name mean nothing to you?” Estragon: “ Bozzo...Bozzo...” Vladimir: “ Pozzo...Pozzo...” Pozzo: “ PPPOZZZO!” Estragon: “ Ah! Pozzo...let me see...Pozzo...” Vladimir: “ Is it Pozzo or Bozzo?” Estragon: “ Pozzo...no...I’m afraid I...no...I don’t seem to...” Vladimir: “ I once knew a family called Gozzo. The mother had the clap ”

51. Links: FRBR, and more Waiting for Godot Wachten op Godot (NL) En attendant Godot (FR) Production 2009 Production 2010 Performance 1 Performance 2 Performance 3 Manifestation Item Work Expression 1st Edition 2007 2nd Edition 2010 Copy 1 Copy 2 Copy 3 Theatre Text/Publisher/Library FRBR Video registration Article Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Photo Library Catalogue

52. Ideally….

53. Current situation Implicit relations

55. Estragon: ‘ That’s the idea, let’s contradict each other ’

56. Curtain

57. Thank you! You’re too kind!

58. Estragon: “Let’s go” Vladimir: “We can’t” Estragon: “Why not?” Vladimir: “We’re waiting for Godot”