This document discusses managing electronic resources using linked data. It proposes developing a technical solution to convert relevant data into linked data through a data management platform, aggregate the data in a unified triplestore, and access/manipulate it via a generic GUI built on OntoWiki. The application aims to provide a flexible electronic resource management system by reusing existing vocabularies and defining new properties following ERMI guidelines. It will be open source and developed through an official OntoWiki repository in partnership between Leipzig University Library, SLUB Dresden, AKSW, and InfAI.

1. managing electronic resources
using linked data
a subproject of
the cooperation between
Leipzig University Library and SLUB Dresden
Leander Seige / Natanael Arndt - Leipzig University Library - SWIB13

2. electronic resources - quo vadis?

3. … we need a
electronic resource management
that is flexible by design.

4. electronic resource management
● analyzing and verifying internal workflows/
old fashioned apps
○ following the conclusions of ERMI
● current requirements & tasks
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license- and contract management
terms of use & administrative information
variety of current and future licensing and purchasing models
usage statistics
title & package management

5. managing electronic resources using linked data
not about innocent metadata
linked open data
focused on linked enterprise data

6. data sources
● Integrated Library System (users, budgets, …)
● Knowledge Bases (metadata, coverages, packages, …)
● Publishers & Distributors (availibities, usage statistics, …)

7. technical solution
● convert all relevant data into Linked Data
○ through the data management platform @SLUB
● aggregate these data in a unified triplestore
● access/manipulate via a generic GUI
● application will be based on OntoWiki

8. OntoWiki
● A tool for collaborative and distributed
knowledge engineering
● Full LinkedData support (publish &
pull/query)
● Application framework for semantic web
apps

9. OntoWiki Application Framework
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10. OntoWiki
● We are improving the user guidance for the
editor interface to give more support for
librarians
● OntoWiki is already in use for enterprise data
management
● Flexible extension system with a big choice of
existing ones

11. vocabulary: bibrm (work title)
site: http://vocab.ub.uni-leipzig.de/bibrm/
repo: https://github.com/ERM-HD
1. reuse existing vocabulary
○ e.g. foaf, vcard, …
2. define own properties
○ following the ERMI if possible
○ create new vocabulary

12. strictly open source
● based on OntoWiki (GPL)
● all software-development takes place in the
official OntoWiki source code repository
site: http://ontowiki.net/
repo: https://github.com/AKSW/OntoWiki

13. partners
OntoWiki Development and Linked Data Technology :
AKSW - Agile Knowledge management and Semantic Web
/ Institute for applied informatics InfAI e.V.
http://infai.org
Data integration and versatile data conversion:
SLUB - Saxon State and University Library Dresden
http://www.slub-dresden.de

14. contact
http://dmp.slub-dresden.de/erm/
project coordinator:
Björn Muschall, muschall@ub.uni-leipzig.de
project manager:
Leander Seige, seige@ub.uni-leipzig.de