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Report on the International Linked Open Data for Libraries, Archives and Museums Summit
The document summarizes the Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives & Museums Summit held in June 2011 in San Francisco. Over 100 people from over 85 organizations participated, including major libraries, archives, and museums. The summit aimed to advance the publication and use of Linked Open Data among cultural heritage institutions. Participants discussed topics like explaining Linked Data to non-technical staff, assessing the costs and benefits, licensing and rights issues, crowdsourcing, vocabulary maintenance, and user tools. Next steps include further events and collaborations to continue developing Linked Open Data practices in cultural heritage organizations.
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Report on the International Linked Open Data for Libraries, Archives and Museums Summit
- 1. Report on theInternational Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives & Museums SummitLinked Data and Libraries 2011British Library, London14th July 2011Adrian StevensonLOD LAM Summit Steering CommitteeUKOLN, University of Bath, UK
- 2. LOD LAM SummitSummitheld June 2-3rd in San Francisco100 People from around the worldOrganiser: Jon Voss + organising committeeApplication process to attendGenerous fundinghttp://lod-lam.net/summit/
- 3. OrganisationsOver 85 organisationsrepresentedLibraries:Library of Congress, French & German National Libraries, British Library, NYPLArchives:National Archives of the US and UK, Archives Hub, California Digital LibraryMuseums:The Met, SFMOMA, Powerhouse, Smithsonian, UK Science Museum, Culture24Lots of LOD LAM activity alreadyhttp://lod-lam.net/summit/participants/
- 4. LOD LAM SummitAims“catalyze practical, actionable approaches to publishing Linked Open Data”:Identify the tools and techniques for publishing and working with Linked Open DataDraft precedents and policy for licensing and copyright considerations regarding publishing of LAM metadataPublish definitions and promote use cases to give LAM staff the tools to advocate Linked Open Data in their institutions
- 5. How the Summitwas organisedOpen Space Technology meeting formatInitial session where collaboratively create agendaThen breakout sessionsSecond day: focus on actions, documentation, & collaboration over next year
- 8. Sessions: LOD ABCHowto explain to non-techiesHow do you assess cost of LOD?What kind of training needed?How to sell the idea?LOD FAQ for Librarians, Archivists
- 9. Sessions: The BusinessCase for LOD
- 10. Sessions: Provenance/ScalabilitySame issuewith attributionSolutions: Named graphs? Quads? Best Practice
- 11. Session: Rights andOpen DataProposed a ‘4-star classification-scheme for linked open cultural metadata’★★★★ Public Domain (CC0 / ODC PDDL / Public Domain Mark)★★★ Attribution License (CC-BY / ODC-BY) when the licensor considers linkbacks to meet the attribution requirement★★ Attribution License (CC-BY / ODC-BY) with another form of attribution★ Attribution Share-Alike License (CC-BY-SA/ODC-ODbL)More on Summit blog at http://bit.ly/qpbZ50
- 12. Session: Crowdsourcing LODImportanceof quality interfaceEcosystem of interfaces to deal with problems - e.g. correct errorsIssues of provenance - expert, authoritative crowdsourced content vs general public contributionsWhat can crowdsourcing help with?Start simple, then build on emergent behaviours?Guidance needed on structured names for people and places
- 13. Session: Preservation ofRDF, Vocabulary MaintenanceLOCKSS (Lots of copies keep stuff safe) for vocabularies?Vocabulary management toolkit:Metadata Registry.http://metadataregistry.org/Drupal module. http://neologism.deri.ie/http://vocab.org/HIVE - Helping with Interdisciplinary Vocabulary Engineering. http://hive.nescent.org:9090/home.htmlBest practices for vocabulary alignmentWhen to use owl:sameAs, SKOS matches (skos:exactMatch, skos:closeMatch), rdfs:seeAlsoWorkshop on this at DC2011
- 14. Session: Users andUsesWhat user tools exist that we can build on?BBC, Freebase, VIVO, Open Library, ZoteroNeed open-ended tools - some things that people might want to do:CorrectionsTimelines, maps, viewsMashupsre-expose infofilter, sortVisualizeShare…
- 15. More Sessions …Lotsmore sessions…Schema.orgRDFaand ePub sessionUtilising existing vocabs for modeling archivesGetting structured linked data out of LAMS…..More on the LOD LAM Pirate padhttp://bit.ly/lodlamnotes
- 16. What next?Connections madeand activities kick-startedMany more LOD LAM events plannedTag: #lodlam#lodlam #londonFirst meet yesterdayBigger event planned for Novemberhttp://bit.ly/oJ6qsl
- 18. CC LicenceSections ofthis presentation adapted from materials created by other LOD LAM Summit attendeesThis presentation available under creative commonsNon Commercial-Share Alike:http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/
Editor's Notes
- #9 How do explain LOD to non-techie audience?What do you need to convince others of the benefits of LOD?Killer appsMoneySuccess storiesHow do you assess the costs of doing LOD? What are the key benefits of LOD?What kind of training do the implementers of LOD need?Talis organizes LOD days, such as http://www.talis.com/applications/news_and_events/yourlibraryontheweb-open-day-event.shtmlHow do you sell the idea of LOD?Put up an FAQ explaining LOD for librarians.Hash-tag: #lodfaqWhat are the questions this FAQ should answer?Do we need to use explanatory metaphors or affordances of LOD (i.e., what can be done with LOD)?
- #11 50 million documents at 100 triples per document. If using triple-level provenance, assume a 10x increase in the number of triples. Assume an index and storage overhead of 100 bytes per triple. That yields 5 terabytes of storage required for this amount of linked data.
- #17 LOD LAM Summit has stimulated activity