The world’s libraries. Connected.
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
@rjw
Linked Data
A Radical Change?
Canadian Library Association - 29th May 2013
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Linked Data?
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Linked Data?
Hmmm..
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Linked Data?
What is it?
Hmmm..
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Linked Data?
What is it?
Where did it come from?
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Linked Data?
What is it?
How is it used?
Where did it come from?
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Linked Data?
What is it?
How is it used?
What will it lead to?
Where did it come from?
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Linked Data?
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Linked Data?
The Web..
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Linked Data?
The Web..
..of data
Linked Data Principles
Is Not a Standard
Linked Data
Linked Data Principles
1. Use URIs as names for things
Linked Data Principles
1. Use URIs as names for things
2. Use HTTP URIs so people can look up those
names
Linked Data Principles
1. Use URIs as names for things
2. Use HTTP URIs so people can look up those
names
3. When someone looks up a URI, provide useful
information, using the standards - RDF
Linked Data Principles
1. Use URIs as names for things
2. Use HTTP URIs so people can look up those
names
3. When someone looks up a URI, provide useful
information, using the standards - RDF
4. Include links to other URIs, so that they can
discover more
Tim Berners-Lee - 2006
Linked Data Principles
RDF
http://
lib.org/res/1234
RDF
schema:Bookhttp://
lib.org/res/1234
type
RDF
Planning for Automation
name
schema:Bookhttp://
lib.org/res/1234
type
RDF
Planning for Automation
name
author
http://
viaf.org/viaf/
94196132
schema:Bookhttp://
lib.org/res/1234
type
RDF
Planning for Automation
John M Cohn
name
author
http://
viaf.org/viaf/
94196132 name
schema:Bookhttp://
lib.org/res/1234
type
RDF
Planning for Automation
John M Cohn
name
author
http://
viaf.org/viaf/
94196132 name
about
name
schema:Bookhttp://
lib.org/res/1234
type
RDF
http://
loc.gov/auth/
sh85076502
Libraries
Planning for Automation
John M Cohn
name
author
http://
viaf.org/viaf/
94196132 name
about
name
schema:Bookhttp://
lib.org/res/1234
type
<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/viaf/94196132> .
<http://lib.org/res/1234> schema:about <http://loc.gov/authorities/sh85076502>
RDF
http://
loc.gov/auth/
sh85076502
Libraries
Planning for Automation
John M Cohn
name
author
http://
viaf.org/viaf/
94196132 name
about
name
schema:Bookhttp://
lib.org/res/1234
type
<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/viaf/94196132> .
<http://lib.org/res/1234> schema:about <http://loc.gov/authorities/sh85076502>
RDF
http://
loc.gov/auth/
sh85076502
Libraries
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where are our users?
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where are our users?
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/mibuchat/2772197722/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pnoeric/232579341/
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where our users are!
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The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where our users are!
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/caribb/8620465508/
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where our users are!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/malbooth/5099621729/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/caribb/8620465508/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/striatic/22635909/
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where are our users?
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where are our users?
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where our users are!
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where our users are!
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Where our users are!
Romain Wenz BnF
Libraries Archives
Museums
Libraries Archives
Museums
The place to go
for information
Libraries Archives
Museums
The place to go
for information
not any more!
Knowledge Graph
(Linked Data)
THINGS NOT STRINGS
Knowledge Graph
(Linked Data)
@Fascinatingpics
@Fascinatingpics
@Fascinatingpics
@Fascinatingpics
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data
The world’s libraries. Connected.
• 290+ Million resources
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
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, SystemVendors, 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 description
as part of the web
BIBFRAME
http://bibframe.org
bibliographic description as part of the web
@Fascinatingpics
bibliographic description as part of the web
?
@Fascinatingpics
bibliographic description
≈ complimentary ≈
as part of the web
bibliographic description
Challenges for change
≈ complimentary ≈
as part of the web
bibliographic description
• Metadata for ‘items’
Challenges for change
≈ complimentary ≈
as part of the web
bibliographic description
• Metadata for ‘items’
• Searching for ‘works’
Challenges for change
≈ complimentary ≈
as part of the web
bibliographic description
• Metadata for ‘items’
• Searching for ‘works’
• Materials of all types - print / e / digital
Challenges for change
≈ complimentary ≈
as part of the web
Where do I start?
@Fascinatingpics
@Fascinatingpics
@Fascinatingpics
@Fascinatingpics
@Fascinatingpics
@Fascinatingpics
@Fascinatingpics
h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/fukagawa/2488073607/
h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/fukagawa/2488073607/
Do I need to link to
everywhere?
h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/fukagawa/2488073607/
Do I need to link to
everywhere?
Link to partners
and hubs
They will interlink
h"p://wallpapersfor.me/storm-­‐beacon/
Be visible
On the Web of Data
h"p://wallpapersfor.me/storm-­‐beacon/
Be visible
On the Web of Data
Light the way to your resources...
... registered in the network
DreamWorks Pictures/Twentieth Century Fox
LincolnMovieUK
So, what can
‘we’do?
Stop Copying
Stop Copying
Start Linking
Be of the Web
of Data
RDF
just another
output format?
RDF
just another
output format?
RDF
initially - yes
RDF
<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> .
RDF
Identifying & Linking
Resources to Concepts
<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> .
RDF
Identifying & Linking
Resources to Concepts
Planning for Automation
John M Cohn
name
author
loc.gov/
auth/sh8507
viaf.org/
abc
name
about
Libraries
name
schema:Book../
res/12345
type
RDF
Identifying & Linking
Resources to Concepts
Planning for Automation
John M Cohn
name
author
loc.gov/
auth/sh8507
viaf.org/
abc
name
about
Libraries
name
schema:Book../
res/12345
type
Where has the record gone?
<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> .
RDF
Where has the record gone?
RDF
What next for cataloguing?
Where has the record gone?
Manifestation Marc
Cataloging Spotlight
Manifestation Marc
Cataloging Spotlight
Manifestation Marc
Cataloging Spotlight
Manifestation Marc
Cataloging Spotlight
Works Linked DataAuthorities
Manifestation Schema.org
Cataloging Spotlight
Works Linked DataAuthorities
Manifestation Schema.org
Cataloging Spotlight
Works Linked DataAuthorities
Manifestation Schema.org
Cataloging Spotlight
RDF
Works Linked DataAuthorities
Manifestation Schema.org
Cataloging Spotlight
Subjects
Names
Locations
RDF
Publishers InstitutionsFormats
Works Linked DataAuthorities
Manifestation Schema.org
Cataloging Spotlight
Subjects
Names
Locations
RDF
Publishers InstitutionsFormats
Works Linked DataAuthorities
Manifestation Schema.org
Cataloging Spotlight
Subjects
Names
Locations
RDF
Publishers InstitutionsFormats
We are moving from
cataloguing
We are moving from
cataloguing
to
h"p://catalinking
Eric	
  Miller	
  -­‐	
  Zepheira
Happening in a hurry?
@Fascinatingpics
Happening in a hurry?
Years not
decades
@Fascinatingpics
Happening in a hurry?
The Web will
progress
without us
@Fascinatingpics
Happening in a hurry?
Opportunity to
reach for
together...
@Fascinatingpics
Opportunity to
reach for
together ...
Opportunity to
reach for
together ... reassert
our role as a
discoverable source
For all materials
Print/ /Journals/Articles/DigitalEBook
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Linked Data
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Linked Data Radical
Change?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theworldformylens/6537249151/
Linked Data Radical
Change?
Radical
Evolution!
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Linked Data Radical
Change?
Radical
Evolution!
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
@rjw
Linked Data
A Radical Change?
Canadian Library Association - 29th May 2013
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
@rjw
Linked Data
A Radical Change?
Canadian Library Association - 29th May 2013
http://www.slideshare.net/rjw
http://www.oclc.org/data/attribution.html

Linked data - A radical change?