This document provides an update on the Bibliographic Framework Initiative, focusing on the development of BibFrame, a linked data model aimed at transforming bibliographic environments in libraries. It outlines the goals, design principles, status, and next steps for BibFrame, emphasizing the importance of interconnectedness and collaboration in the bibliographic community. The initiative involves contributions from various institutions and encourages participation and feedback from stakeholders to refine the model and promote adoption.

1. MARC into Linked Data:
An update on the Bibliographic
Framework Initiative
NISO/DCMI Webinar
23 January, 2013
Eric Miller
em@zepheira.com
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3. Goals
• Design of BIBFRAME
• BIBFRAME and Linked Data
• Overview of the BIBFRAME model
• Status and Next Steps
• and how you can help
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4. BIBFRAME
“The Initiative aims to re-envision and, in
the long run, implement a new
bibliographic environment for libraries
that makes "the network" central and
makes interconnectedness commonplace.”
- Bibliographic Framework as a Web of Data:
Linked Data Model and Supporting Services
Library of Congress, November 21, 2012
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5. BIBFRAME
“The Initiative aims to re-envision and, in
the long run, implement a new
bibliographic environment for libraries
that makes "the network" central and
makes interconnectedness commonplace.”
* robust enough to deal with 40 years ago
* -flexible enough to deal as a Web ofyears from now
Bibliographic Framework with 40+ Data:
Linked Data Model and Supporting Services
Library of Congress, November 21, 2012
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6. BIBFRAME
“The Initiative aims to re-envision and, in
the long run, implement a new
bibliographic environment for libraries
that makes "the network" central and
makes interconnectedness commonplace.”
* libraries, museums, archives, publishers, etc.
- Bibliographic Framework as a Web of Data:
* community (users) and Supporting Services
Linked Data Model they serve
Library of Congress, November 21, 2012
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7. BIBFRAME
“The Initiative aims to re-envision and, in
the long run, implement a new
bibliographic environment for libraries
that makes "the network" central and
makes interconnectedness commonplace.”
* not on the web
- Bibliographic Framework asbut of of Data:
* a Web the web
Linked Data Model and Supporting Services
Library of Congress, November 21, 2012
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9. link
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11. Linked Data
"a term used to describe a recommended best
practice for exposing, sharing, and
connecting pieces of data,
information, and knowledge on the Semantic
Web using URIs and RDF."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linked_Data
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12. Sounds great, whats the catch?
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13. It takes the big step of fundamentally
rethinking applications and their integration
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14. Balance
Web Architecture Business and Change
and Standards Management
Systems Subject Matter
Engineering Expertise
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15. BIBFRAME Design Background
• Deconstructing MARC
• Linked Data“Things not Strings”
• Ground truth of data patterns
• Analysis of existing Linked Data efforts / patterns
• Implementable
• Addresses RDA use cases / scenarios (first
among equals)
• Adheres to Web Architecture
• History / experience
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16. MARC as “Things not Strings”
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17. MARC as “Things not Strings”
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18. MARC as “Things not Strings”
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19. MARC as “Things not Strings”
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20. MARC as “Things not Strings”
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21. MARC as “Things not Strings”
http://viaf.org/ ...
http://geonames.org/ ...
http:// ...
http://id.loc.gov/ ...
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22. Ground Truth of MARC data
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23. Linked Data in Libraries
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24. Implementable
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25. What is Bibframe?
• Bibframe is a linked data model for bibliographic data
• Requirements and Goals:
• Inherent the robust nature of the MARC standard
• Be content model agnostic - RDA, DACS, CCO, etc.
• Handle description and management of traditional (books,
serials, etc.) and non-traditional materials (born digital, data
sets)
• Integrate supporting data (Authority, Holdings, Classification)
• Benefits from all the goodness the Web offers (web triggers,
collaboration, data driven, etc.)
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26. Authority Authority
subject creator
Work
hasInstance
Instance
publisher format
publishedAt
Authority Authority
Authority
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27. Authority Authority
subject creator
Work (content) Work
Resource reflecting the hasInstance
conceptual essence of the
cataloged item Instance
publisher format
publishedAt
Authority Authority
Authority
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28. Authority Authority
subject creator
Instance (carrier) Work
Resource reflecting a hasInstance
material embodiment of a
BIBFRAME Work Instance
publisher format
publishedAt
Authority Authority
Authority
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29. Authority Authority
subject creator
Authority
Work
Resources reflecting key
authoritative concepts hasInstance
(Person, Place, Org., Topic,
etc.). Targets of defined Instance
relationships.
publisher format
publishedAt
Authority Authority
Authority
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30. Annotation subject creator
A means for Work target Review
decorating other
BIBFRAME resources creator hasInstance creator
with additional
information such as Instance
Holdings target
Library Holdings,
Cover Art, Reviews,
etc.
publisher format
publishedAt
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31. MARC to BIBFRAME
Work
Work
Work
Instance
Instance
Work
Work
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32. subject author
Book
hasInstance hasInstance
Hardcover Paperback
publisher publisher
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33. editor subject
subject
honoree Collection
hasInstance hasPart
isPartOf
Hardcover author
Essay
Book
publisher
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34. http://wiki.dublincore.org/index.php/Cataloger_Scenarios
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37. Goodreads.com
identifies 32 various
resources
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38. "id": "http://bibfra.me/work/u2",
"title" : "Bluebeard",
"titleRemainder" : "a novel",
"type" : "Book"
"classification" : "025.3 M465f 2008",
"author" : "http://bibfra.me/auth/person/kurt_vonnegut",
"subject": [ "http://bibfra.me/auth/subject/foo",
"http://bibfra.me/auth/subject/bar" ], Book
"language": "english",
"summary": "Broad humor and bitter irony collide in this fictional
autobiography of Rabo Karabekian, who, at age seventy-one, wants
to be left alone on his Long Island estate with the secret he has
locked inside his potato barn. But then a voluptuous young widow
badgers Rabo into telling his life story—and Vonnegut in turn
tells us the plain, heart-hammering truth about man’s careless
fancy to create or destroy what he loves.",
“hasInstance”: “http://bibfra.me/instance/u2-1”
"id": "http://bibfra.me/instance/u2-1",
"type": "HardcoverBook",
"edition": "1st",
"volumes": "1",
"pages": "300", Hardcover
"date" : "1987-09-02",
"publisher" : "http://bibfra.me/auth/org/delacorte_press",
"ISBN": "9780385295901",
"image": "http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/
51vbo8zwJlL._SL160_.jpg"
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39. subject author
Book
hasInstance
Hardcover
publisher
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40. "id": "http://bibfra.me/work/u2.t1",
"title" : "Barbablù",
"type" : "Book",
"author" : "http://bibfra.me/auth/person/kurt_vonnegut",
"translator" : "http://bibfra.me/auth/person/pier_francesco_paolini",
“subject": [ "http://bibfra.me/auth/subject/foo",
"http://bibfra.me/auth/subject/bar", Book
"http://bibfra.me/auth/subject/baz" ],
“language": "Italian",
“summary": "Nome: Rabo. Cognome: Karabekian. Nato a San Ignacio di
California nel 1916 da genitori armeni. Stato civile: vedovo.
Professione: pittore e collezionista d'arte. La grande casa ...",
"hasInstance": "http://bibfra.me/instance/u2.t1-1",
"isTranslationOf": "http://bibfra.me/work/u2"
"id": "http://bibfra.me/instance/u2.t1-1",
"type": "PapberbackBook",
"volumes": "1",
"pages": "239", Paperback
"date" : "2007-05-31",
"publisher" : "http://bibfra.me/auth/org/feltrinelli",
"ISBN": "880701727X",
“image": "http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327279411l/9700830.jpg"
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41. subject author
translator
Book
hasInstance
Paperback
publisher
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42. subject author author subject
translator
Book isTranslationOf Book
hasInstance hasInstance
Hardcover Paperback
publisher publisher
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43. subject author author subject
translator
Book isTranslationOf Book
hasTranslation ?
hasInstance hasInstance
Hardcover Paperback
publisher publisher
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44. Recombinant Data
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46. RDF
• Resource Description Framework
• common model for representing web
data
http:// http://
Subject
URI dc:creator
Predicate
URI Object
URI
z.com me.com
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47. RDF
• Resource Description Framework
• common model for representing web
data
URI URI URI
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48. RDF
• Resource Description Framework
• common model for representing web
data
http:// http://
URI dc:creator
URI URI
z.com me.com
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49. RDF
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50. BIBFRAME
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51. Community Profiles
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52. Community Profiles
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53. Community Profiles
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54. Community Profiles
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55. Back to Bluebeard
(in an Open World)
Book isTranslationOf Book
hasInstance hasInstance
Hardcover Paperback
(1987) (2007)
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56. Uniform
Title
isPartOf
uniformTitle
hasWork hasWork
Book isTranslationOf Book Book
Work isTranslationOf Book
Work
hasInstance hasInstance hasInstance hasInstance
Hardcover Paperback Hardcover Paperback
(option 1) (option 2)
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57. isPartOf
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58. isPartOf
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59. isPartOf
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60. isPartOf
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61. isPartOf
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62. isPartOf
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63. isPartOf
Incoming Actions for Bluebeard: a novel
2007-02-03: New translation work created Barbablù
would you like to update your resource to connect to it?
2007-02-03: New Collection created Bluebeard Collection
would you like to update your resource to connect to it?
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64. isPartOf isPartOf
Incoming Actions for Bluebeard: a novel
2007-02-03: New translation work created Barbablù
would you like to update your resource to connect to it?
2007-02-03: New Collection created Bluebeard Collection
would you like to update your resource to connect to it?
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65. Initial Phase
• Completed Landscape Assessment
• Initial draft of Linked Data model Bibliographic Framework as
a Web of Data: Linked Data Model and Supporting Services
• Prototype of translation services and Interfaces
• https://github.com/lcnetdev/marc2bibframe
• Vocabulary mappings to MARC and RDA
• Project roadmap and deployment strategic report
• Convened Early Experimenters to help refine this work
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66. Early Experimenters
• British Library
• Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
• George Washington University
• National Library of Medicine
• OCLC
• Princeton University
• Library of Congress
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67. Early Experimenters
Process
• Face to Face meeting in October at the Library of
Congress to introduce the proposed BIBRAME
model and preview their data in the model
• Experimentation for a month at their institutions
• Second Face to Face meeting in December to
share findings, comments and questions
• Iterative refinement of model, vocabulary and
services based on real world data and
experimentation
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68. Next phase
• Extended Experimentation with more institutions and data
types
• Create more detailed documentation
• Complete Vocabulary Mapping to address all MARC and
RDA fields
• Serialization and Protocols
• Create Use Cases for further validation
• Named Profiles / constraints
• Prototype lightweight, open source cataloging interfaces
• Generate information central for all things BIBFRAME
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69. BIBFRAME: Proposed Roadmap
Short-Term Goal: Medium-Term Goal: Long-Term Goal:
Refine BIBFRAME Model and Community Education and Transition Adoption
Prepare for Transition
BIBFRAME Model Development
Landscape Completed
Early Experiments Extended Group Testing Tasks
Assessment
Model Development BIBFRAME Model Refinement & Application Profiles
Pipeline Development Annotation Demonstration and Stress Testing
Community/Market Adoption
Education &
Stakeholder Transition Strategy, Education and Transition
Outreach Materials
Library Vendor and Search
Library Vendor and Search Adoption
Strategy
Use Cases and Validation End User Facing Tool Development
Value Proposition for Transition Authority Services
BIBFRAME Vocabulary Governance Model
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70. Next Steps for you
• Continue to learn about Linked Data (inside and
outside of Library community)
• Join the discussion
• bibframe@listserv.loc.gov
• Keep a watch out for updates to documentation,
examples, vocabulary, services, prototypes, etc.
• http://www.loc.gov/marc/transition/
• Start to engage vendors
• “what is your Linked Data strategy”?
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71. Thank You
Comments or Questions
Eric Miller
em@zepheira.com
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