Discusses the management of local vocabularies in special collections libraries. Ideas for publishing local vocabularies as Linked Open Data and building user interfaces.

1. Special Collections,
Special Thesauri
Managing and Publishing Local Vocabularies with TemaTres
#alctsAC15 @AllisonJaiODell
4 June 2015, ALCTS Virtual Preconference, “Planning for the Evolving Role of Metadata Services”

2. Local Vocabularies
Local topics
Local foci
Local genres
Local names
Images from the University of Miami Zine Collection
and the Firefly Zine Collection

3. Local Thesauri
Management
Publication
Browsing
Searching
Connections
Linked Data
Inferences Check out the collections: library.miami.edu/specialcollections

4. Warrant
• Literary warrant
• User warrant
• Organizational warrant

5. Goals
• Define terminology
• Create a taxonomy
• Build synonym rings
• Build relationship graphs
 Improve discovery

6. Tools
• MultiTes: multites.com
• TermTree: termtree.com.au
• Synaptica: synaptica.com
• A.C.S. 121: www.acs121.com
• PoolParty: poolparty.biz
• TemaTres: vocabularyserver.com

7. TemaTres
• Simple, free, and open source vocabulary management solution:
vocabularyserver.com
• Requires PHP, MySQL, and HTTP Web server
• Manage thesauri terms and relationships
• Manage relationships between vocabularies
• Linked-Data-Friendly: JSON-LD and SKOS formats

8. Manage Concepts
Notes
Scope
Historic
Bibliographic
Cataloger’s
Private
Language
Relationships
NT/BT/RT
Preferred/Non-Preferred
Web resource
Related vocabulary

9. Data Formats
BS8723-5
DublinCore
MADS
SKOS-Core
VDEX
XTM
Zthes
JSON
JSON-LD

10. Manage Internal Relationships
Preferred Terms
Non-Preferred Terms
Related Terms
Broader Terms
Narrower Terms

11. Manage External Relationships
Broad Match
Close Match
Exact Match
Narrow Match
Related Match

12. Conundrums: or, How to Play Lexical God
Relationships to external vocabularies are trickier!
“Body modification (or body alteration) is the
deliberate altering of the human anatomy or
human physical appearance. It is often done for
aesthetics, sexual enhancement, rites of passage,
religious beliefs, to display group membership or
affiliation, to create body art, for shock value, and
as self-expression, among other reasons. In its
broadest definition it includes plastic surgery,
socially acceptable decoration (e.g., common ear
piercing in many societies), and religious rites of
passage (e.g., circumcision in a number of
cultures), as well as the modern primitive
movement.” -- Wikipedia

13. Answers
Consider your warrant:
Literary warrant
User warrant
Organizational warrant
Wait, wait … How did we use this?

14. Lesson:
Control.
Your.
Vocabularies.
Sooner.
(Soonest is best.)

15. And then use ‘em!
Across collections
Across projects
As a browsing aid
As a searching aid
On the Web
On the Semantic Web

16. Questions?
Allison Jai O’Dell | ajodell@ufl.edu | @AllisonJaiODell
Metadata Librarian, University of Florida
Steve Hersh | shersh@miami.edu
Research Services & Projects Assistant, University of Miami
Elliot Williams | edwilliams@miami.edu | @elliot_dw
Digital Initiatives Metadata Librarian, University of Miami