A presentation by Richard Wallis, Technology Evangelist at OCLC.
Delivered at the Cataloguing and Indexing Group Scotland (CIGS) Linked Open Data (LOD) Conference which took place Fri 21 September 2012 at the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation.
1. Cataloguing & Indexing Group in Scotland
Edinburgh, 21 September 2012
Why Link?
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
OCLC
@rjw
The world’s libraries. Connected.
73. Turning an Oil Tanker
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24736216@N07/6153313394/
74. Turning an Oil Tanker
Millennia of endeavor
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75. Turning an Oil Tanker
Millennia of endeavor
Centuries of practice
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24736216@N07/6153313394/
76. Turning an Oil Tanker
Millennia of endeavor
Centuries of practice
Decades of systems
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24736216@N07/6153313394/
77. Turning an Oil Tanker
Millennia of endeavor
Centuries of practice
Decades of systems
Years of cooperation
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24736216@N07/6153313394/
78. Turning an Oil Tanker
Millennia of endeavor
Centuries of practice
Decades of systems
Years of cooperation
Loads of standards
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24736216@N07/6153313394/
79. Turning an Oil Tanker
Millennia of endeavor
Centuries of practice
Decades of systems
Years of cooperation
Loads of standards
Huge heritage to build upon
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24736216@N07/6153313394/
80. Turning an Oil Tanker
Millennia of endeavor
Centuries of practice
Decades of systems
Years of cooperation
Loads of standards
Huge heritage to build upon
In an exponentially changing environment
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24736216@N07/6153313394/
90. RDF
Identifying & Linking
Resources to Concepts
Planning for Automation ../
name res/12345
91. RDF
Identifying & Linking
Resources to Concepts type
Planning for Automation ../ schema:Book
name res/12345
92. RDF
Identifying & Linking
Resources to Concepts type
Planning for Automation ../ schema:Book
name res/12345
author
viaf.org/
abc
93. RDF
Identifying & Linking
Resources to Concepts type
Planning for Automation ../ schema:Book
name res/12345
author
John M Cohn
viaf.org/
abc
name
94. RDF
Identifying & Linking
Resources to Concepts type
Planning for Automation ../ schema:Book
name res/12345
author
about
John M Cohn
loc.gov/ viaf.org/
auth/sh8507 abc
name
95. RDF
Identifying & Linking
Resources to Concepts type
Planning for Automation ../ schema:Book
name res/12345
author
about
John M Cohn
name viaf.org/
loc.gov/
auth/sh8507 abc
name
Libraries
96. RDF
Identifying & Linking
Resources to Concepts type
Planning for Automation ../ schema:Book
name res/12345
author
about
John M Cohn
name loc.gov/ viaf.org/
auth/sh8507 abc
name
Libraries
<http://lib.org/res/1234> name "Planning for Automation" .
<http://lib.org/res/1234> schema:type schema:Book .
<http://lib.org/res/1234> schema:author <http://viaf.org/abc> .
<http://lib.org/res/1234> schema:about <http://loc.gov/authorities/sh8570>
97. RDF
Identifying & Linking
Resources to Concepts type
Planning for Automation ../ schema:Book
name res/12345
author
about
John M Cohn
name loc.gov/ viaf.org/
auth/sh8507 abc
name
Libraries
<http://lib.org/res/1234> name "Planning for Automation" .
<http://lib.org/res/1234> schema:type schema:Book .
<http://lib.org/res/1234> schema:author <http://viaf.org/abc> .
<http://lib.org/res/1234> schema:about <http://loc.gov/authorities/sh8570>
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102. Cataloguing & Indexing Group in Scotland
Edinburgh, 21 September 2012
Why Link?
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
OCLC
@rjw
The world’s libraries. Connected.