Beyond MARC, a discussion about Koha, MarcEdit and BIBFRAME, Rome, 14-15 March

1. BIBFRAME:
MARC Replacement
and Much More
Beyond MARC
Koha Gruppo Italiano
15-16 March 2016
www.loc.gov/bibframe

2. Linked Data and the Semantic Web

3. Where we began…
Linked Computers

4. Where we’ve been…
Linked Computers
Linked Documents

5. Where we are headed…

6. Linked Data and the Semantic Web
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp

7. How do we give meaning to the web?

8. How do we give meaning to the web?
By making the implicit information explicit

9. Linked Data
“Recommended best practice for exposing,
sharing, and connecting pieces of data,
information and knowledge on the Semantic
Web using URIs and RDF”
Bizer, Christian; Heath,Tom; Berners-Lee,Tim (2009). "Linked
Data—The Story So Far" (PDF). International Journal on
Semantic Web and Information Systems 5 (3): 1–22. doi:
10.4018/jswis.2009081901. ISSN 1552-6283.

10. Principles of Linked Data
1. Use URIs as ‘names’ for things.
2. Use http protocol for those URIs
3. When someone looks up a URI, provide useful
information.
4. Provide links to other URIs to encourage
discovery.

11. A few quick definitions
URI - Uniform Resource Indicator
Basic Identifier on the Web.
ASCII Based.
IRI - Internationalized Resource Identifier
New standard supports global languages
RDF - Resource Description Framework
Method of modeling information on the web.

12. RDFWhat is the Framework?
Subject Predicate Object
Luciano Pavarotti
Luciano Pavarotti
Modena, Italy
Modena, Italy
12 October 1935
Modena, Italy
City
44˚39’N 10˚56E
has a birthdate
was born in
is a
is located

13. RDF Graph
Joy Pavarotti
Allen
Person
06/05/xxxx
La traviata
The
Three
Tenors
is Interested in
friend of
is a born on
had member
performed in
RDF GRAPH

14. Vocabularies!!!
http://lov.okfn.org/dataset/lov

15. 2011 - Working Group of the
Future of Bibliographic Control
(Library of Congress)
Why BIBFRAME?
2012 - LOC contracted with
Zepheira to develop a new
bibliographic model.

16. 2011 - Working Group of the
Future of Bibliographic Control
(Library of Congress)
Why BIBFRAME?
2012 - LOC contracted with
Zepheira to develop a new
bibliographic model.
2012 - BIBFRAME debuted.
A MARC replacement!!!

17. • Take advantage of Web Standards to better describe our
resources and make them easier to find!
Why should we use BIBFRAME?

18. • Take advantage of Web Standards to better describe our
resources and make them easier to find!
• Proverbial “library shaped hole” in the Internet.
Why should we use BIBFRAME?

19. • Take advantage of Web Standards to better describe our
resources and make them easier to find!
• Proverbial “library shaped hole” in the Internet.
• We need to go where the users are!1,2
Why should we use BIBFRAME?
1 www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/reports/
2010perceptions/collegestudents.pdf
2 www.comscore.com/Insights/Market-Rankings/
comScore-Releases-December-2015-US-Desktop-
Search-Engine-Rankings

20. • Take advantage of Web Standards to better describe our
resources and make them easier to find!
• Proverbial “library shaped hole” in the Internet.
• We need to go where the users are!1,2
• De-silo our data.
Why should we use BIBFRAME?
1 www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/reports/
2010perceptions/collegestudents.pdf
2 www.comscore.com/Insights/Market-Rankings/
comScore-Releases-December-2015-US-Desktop-
Search-Engine-Rankings

21. • Take advantage of Web Standards to better describe our
resources and make them easier to find!
• Proverbial “library shaped hole” in the Internet.
• We need to go where the users are!1,2
• De-silo our data.
• MARC replacement.
Allow for reuse of bibliographic data
Why should we use BIBFRAME?
1 www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/reports/
2010perceptions/collegestudents.pdf
2 www.comscore.com/Insights/Market-Rankings/
comScore-Releases-December-2015-US-Desktop-
Search-Engine-Rankings

22. 4 Main Classes
WORK
INSTANCE
AUTHORITY
ANNOTATION
BIBFRAME MODEL

23. BIBFRAME Benefits
‘under constrained’

24. BIBFRAME Benefits
‘under constrained’
Not book centric

25. BIBFRAME Benefits
‘under constrained’
Not book centric
Extensible

26. Catalogers will
Love it!

27. Challenges Ahead
Transformation of data
Choice of URIs
Long transition
Retraining in terminology
By Giuseppe Arcimboldo - http://www.wga.hu/art/a/arcimbol/4composi/5librari.jpg,
Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=179819

28. BIBFRAME is intended to be a vocabulary
used by libraries, museums, cultural
organizations where our information can
be shared and discovered easily.

29. Thank You!!