Presented at the Semantic Web In Libraries 2013 conference. This version is slides + builds only, no speaker notes.

1. DOROTHEA SALO
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
SOYLENT SEM-WEB PLE!
EO
P
IS

2. Soylent Green DVD cover, c. 2007.
Fair use asserted.

3. DOROTHEA SALO
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
SOYLENT SEM-WEB
It’s the year 2013... Data are still the same.
We’ll do anything to make sense of them.
And for that we need PEOPLE.

4. DOROTHEA SALO
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
SOYLENT SEM-WEB PLE!
EO
P
IS
It’s the year 2013... Data are still the same.
We’ll do anything to make sense of them.
And for that we need PEOPLE.

5. SOYLENT SEM-WEB
It’s the year 2013... Data are still the same.
We’ll do anything to make sense of them.
And for that we need LIBRARIANS.

6. SOYLENT SEM-WEBIANS!
AR
IBR
L
IS
It’s the year 2013... Data are still the same.
We’ll do anything to make sense of them.
And for that we need LIBRARIANS.

7. Image credits
• Server room: Alex, “servers”
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/40987321@N02/5580348753/
• Bulldozer: GlacierNPS, “The rotary plow”
• (snow-thrower, not bulldozer, but who’s counting?)
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/glaciernps/7256028570/
• Graph: Jörg Kanngießer, “Graph of klick.JÖrg - Die Homepage”
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/derletzteschrei/193506552/
• Librarians: Charles Greenberg, “IMGP0420”
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/openknowledge/7610237288/
• All these images licensed CC-BY. Thank you, creators!

8. Librarians
linked data

9. Librarians
MODEL
linked data

10. Librarians
CROSSWALK TO
linked data

11. Librarians
MAKE
linked data

12. Librarians
HOST
linked data

13. Librarians
ARCHIVE
linked data

14. Librarians
BUILD SYSTEMS
FOR
linked data

15. Librarians
linked data

16. Librarians
INVESTIGATE
linked data

17. Librarians
DISCUSS
linked data

18. Librarians
LEARN ABOUT
linked data

19. Librarians
TEACH ABOUT
linked data

20. Librarians
ADVOCATE FOR
linked data

21. Librarians
ADOPT
linked data

22. Librarians
linked data

23. Librarians
MOSTLY DON’T
ADOPT
linked data

24. Anfuehrer, “Der Fleischwolf bei der Arbeit” CC-BY-SA
http://www.flickr.com/photos/planetbene/4978709667/

25. THIS HAS HAPPENED
BEFORE

26. XML
IN PUBLISHING

27. INSTITUTIONAL
REPOSITORIES
IN ACADEME

28. TH I S WILL HAPPE N
AGAIN

29. 3:
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30. 3:
01
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“RDF is built from XML.”

31. 3:
01
T2
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t Auced)
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a sl slide
on (actua
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“RDF is built from XML.”
It’s the year 2013... RDF is still the same.
Why do people who should know better
still believe RDF is based on XML?

32. Rex Pe, “student teacher” CC-BY
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goldendragon613/250121512/

33. 1000
1000
(essentially
infinite)
750
500
250
150
90
0
45
HTML5
HTML5 / CSS
XML (MODS)
RDF
Teaching time for minimal competence
(in minutes)

34. 1000
1000
(essentially
infinite)
750
500
250
150
90
0
45
HTML5
HTML5 / CSS
XML (MODS)
RDF
Teaching time for minimal competence
(in minutes)

35. Dave Hosford, “Diving Board Catch” CC-BY
http://www.flickr.com/photos/baltimoredave/4813902094/

36. Davide Palmisano, “Introduction to Linked Data.” Fair use asserted.
http://www.cambridgesemantics.com/semantic-university/introduction-to-linked-data

37. Davide Palmisano, “Introduction to Linked Data.” Fair use asserted.
http://www.cambridgesemantics.com/semantic-university/introduction-to-linked-data

38. Davide Palmisano, “Introduction to Linked Data.” Fair use asserted.
http://www.cambridgesemantics.com/semantic-university/introduction-to-linked-data

39. Sarah Deer, “duh” CC-BY
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarahdeer/3666261790/

40. B.S. Wise, “humanity. love. respect” CC-BY
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bswise/4621075758/

41. I start with
because they get it.

42. I start with
MARC
because they get it.

43. I start with
METADATA
because they get it.

44. I start with
MARC
because they get it.

45. xlibber, “Bad Parking” CC-BY
http://www.flickr.com/photos/xlibber/3870106899/

55. XML
IN PUBLISHING

56. INSTITUTIONAL
REPOSITORIES
IN ACADEME

57. Colby Stopa, “Path” CC-BY
http://www.flickr.com/photos/photographybycolby/10169675563/

58. NEGATIVE
PATH
DEPENDENCE
Colby Stopa, “Path” CC-BY
http://www.flickr.com/photos/photographybycolby/10169675563/

59. FOUR CHALLENGES

60. FOUR HCHALLENGES-WEB
T SEM
OYLEN
ES
FOR T

61. Challenge #1:
for linked data

62. Challenge #1:
SYSTEMS, NOT
ONTOLOGIES
for linked data

63. Challenge #2:
with linked data

64. Challenge #2:
IT’S NOT ABOUT
WHAT YOU CAN DO
with linked data

65. Challenge #2:
IT’S ABOUT
WHAT I CAN DO
with linked data

66. Challenge #3:
with linked data

67. Challenge #3:
WOW ME!
with linked data

68. Challenge #3:
WOW
LIBRARIANSHIP
with linked data

70. Challenge #4:
with linked data

71. Challenge #4:
DISRUPT MARC
with linked data

72. w.marsh, “old shelby park library” CC-BY
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40943981@N00/3185725324/

73. Library linked data

74. Library linked data
FOR GREA JUS
T
TICE

75. Vielen dank!
Dorothea Salo
salo@wisc.edu
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