Linked Data and Libraries, Special Libraries Association, Doha, Qatar, March 26, 2014, Eric Miller em@zepheira.com

1. Linked Data and
Libraries
Special Libraries Association
Doha, Qatar
March 26, 2014
!
Eric Miller
em@zepheira.com

2. as-salām ‘alaykum
‫عليكم‬ ‫السالم‬

3. About…
• Leading global services provider combining
Semantic Web technology with social
computing architectures to accelerate
information integration, management and
collaboration.
• Pioneers in the Web.
• Provided much of the vision and technical
foundation for the next generation of the Web.
• Leaders in communities for open source,
open standards, collaboration across
industry, government, NGOs and individuals.

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8. !
A significant gap between what browsers and
humans see!
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9. • Human readable
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• Machine readable
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10. URI URIURI
http://
z.com
http://
me.com
dc:creatorSubject ObjectPredicate
Resource Description
Framework
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Common Model for creating Web Data!

11. RDF
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12. 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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14. “The new bibliographic framework project will be focused on
the Web environment, Linked Data principles and
mechanisms, and the Resource Description Framework (RDF)
as a basic data model. … Likewise, it is expected that the use
of RDF and other W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)
developments will enable the integration of library data and
other cultural heritage data on the Web for more expansive
user access to information.”
“Recognizing that Z39.2/MARC are no longer fit …
facilitating the exchange of such [bibliographic] data both
within the library community and with related communities.”

16. 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.”
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- Bibliographic Framework as a Web of Data: Linked Data
Model and Supporting Services, Library of Congress,
November 21, 2012 - Prepared by Zepheira
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17. 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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• robust enough to deal with 40 years ago
• flexible enough to deal with 40+ years from now

18. 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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• memory organization (libraries, museums, archives)
• community / users they server

19. 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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• not just on the web
• but of the web

20. MARC as “Things not Strings”
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21. MARC as “Things not Strings”
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22. MARC as “Things not Strings”
http://id.loc.gov/ ...
http://viaf.org/ ...
http://geonames.org/ ...
http:// ...
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23. http://viaf.org/ ...

24. hasInstance
creatorsubject
publisher
publishedAt
format
Work
Instance
Authority Authority
Authority
Authority
Authority
BIBFRAME !
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Core model for
defining Web
control points for
more effective
sharing, navigation
and collaboration
among memory
organizations

25. BIBFRAME
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26. Descriptive Blueprint
• BIBFRAME common model
- flexible, designed to
accommodate the needs
of our community.
• Recognize creative tension
between past and future
• Profiles are a blueprint for
a specific community or
entity description
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29. author
hasInstance
publisher
Book
subject

30. author
hasInstance
publisher
Book
subject

31. author
hasInstance
publisher
Book
author
hasInstance
publisher
Book isVariantOf
subject subject
hasVariant

32. Demo!

45. subject
subject
subject
Linked Services as Trusted
Commons
depicts
depicts
author

46. Current Status
• Early Experimenters
• Library of Congress, OCLC, German National Library, British
Library, National Library of Medicine, George Washington
University, Princeton, Zepheira
• Implementation Phase
• National Library Re-architecture
• Tools (editors, browsers, backend data services, etc.)
• BIBFRAME is relatively new, but its based on RDF which has
been part of the Web for the past 10+ years

47. Future
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“The best way to predict your future is to create it”
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― Abraham Lincoln!

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49. In the past 25 years

50. Conclusion
• Memory organizations enable the Knowledge Based Economy
• Memory organizations can improve society
• Through facilitating knowledge curation
• Through facilitating knowledge discovery
• By becoming credibility engines for the Web
• Embrace the Web and open standards
• Reducing social, technical and organizational costs
• BIBFRAME is about weaving the best of the Web and Libraries together

51. Thank you
!
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Eric Miller
em@zepheira.com