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The Power of Sharing Linked Data: Bibliothekartag 2014
The document discusses OCLC's efforts to share library data as linked open data on the web. It describes OCLC releasing WorldCat data including 311 million records as linked data, using schemas like Schema.org and linking to other sources like VIAF. It also discusses the release of 197 million linked data work descriptions from WorldCat in April 2014. The goal is to make library data part of the web by giving search engines and users what they want, like structured data at web scale with identifiers and links.
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The Power of Sharing Linked Data: Bibliothekartag 2014
- 1. The worldâs libraries.Connected. Bibliothekartag 2014 - Bremen The Power of Sharing Linked Data Giving the Web What it Wants Richard Wallis Technology Evangelist OCLC @rjw
- 2. The worldâs libraries.Connected.
- 3. The worldâs libraries.Connected.
- 4. http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/tel4/newsitem/5350 â⊠more than80 per cent of these visitors coming from search engines âŠâ
- 5. The worldâs libraries.Connected.
- 6. The worldâs libraries.Connected. Tell them about our resources⊠âŠusing their language and methods http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/6220572487
- 7. The worldâs libraries.Connected. WorldCat Linked Data Linked Data âą 311+ million data resources âą Schema.org âą Embedded RDFa âą Links to Dewey, LCSH, LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST âą ODC-BY license âą June 2012 âą Continuing development: âą Vocabulary, Content-negotiation, More Links âą Works âŠ
- 8. The worldâs libraries.Connected.
- 9. The worldâs libraries.Connected. How we are sharing with the web What the web gets: âą WorldCat 311M+ âą Schema.org âą VIAF, LCSH, Dewey, ⊠⹠WorldCat persistent identifiers (URIs) Some things the web wants: 1. Size 2. Familiar structures 3. A network of links 4. Entity identifiers
- 10. The worldâs libraries.Connected. Part of the Web of Data
- 11. The worldâs libraries.Connected. Part of the Web of Data
- 12. The worldâs libraries.Connected. Part of the Web of Data Worldcat.org/oclc/81453459 The Hidden Face of Eve http://viaf.org/viaf/84254254/ Nawal El Saadawi http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q238514 Nawal El Saadawi http://isni-url.oclc.nl/isni/0000000120296695 Nawal El Saadawi author sameAs sameAs sameAs VIAF
- 13. The worldâs libraries.Connected.
- 14. The worldâs libraries.Connected.
- 15. The worldâs libraries.Connected. BIBFRAME Bibliographic Framework as a Web of Data: It is the foundation for the future of bibliographic description that happens on, in, and as part of the web and the networked world we live in. http://www.bibframe.org
- 16. The worldâs libraries.Connected. http://www.bibframe.org
- 17. The worldâs libraries.Connected. â Complementary â bibliographic description as part of the web ? Conflict ? @Fascinatingpicshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/54136840@N00/4921290518/
- 18. The worldâs libraries.Connected.
- 19. The worldâs libraries.Connected. WorldCat Works Linked Data Works âą 197+ million Work descriptions and URIs âą Schema.org âą RDF Data formats â RDF/XML, Turtle, Triples, JSON-LD âą Links to WorldCat manifestations âą Links to Dewey, LCSH, LCNAF, VIAF, FAST âą Open Data license âą Released April 2014
- 23. The worldâs libraries.Connected. WorldCat Works Linked Data Single Manifestation Multiple Manifestations 197 Million Work Descriptions Linking to 311 Million Manifestations
- 24. The worldâs libraries.Connected.
- 25. A Web ofData Hubs of Authority in Setting Context
- 26. The worldâs libraries.Connected.
- 28. The worldâs libraries.Connected. Scribe OPAC Card Catalog Web of Data Web Building a Web of Data
- 29. The worldâs libraries.Connected. We all need to participate Building a Web of Data Linking to all and all their resources
- 30. The worldâs libraries.Connected. Opportunity to connect users with our resources
- 31. The worldâs libraries.Connected.
- 32. The worldâs libraries.Connected. Bibliothekartag 2014 - Bremen The Power of Sharing Linked Data Giving the Web What it Wants Richard Wallis Technology Evangelist OCLC @rjw
Editor's Notes
- #2 Thank you very much for that generous introduction. Welcome, ladies and gentleman to this plenary session on the power of shared data. Iâm pleased to be here in Cape Town with my colleague Richard Wallis to talk to you today about the changing landscape of exposing our valuable library collections to library users and the power of cooperation and shared data in solving some of the hardest problems of connecting library users to the resources they needâŠ.
- #3 We, at OCLC, start with the user and how they interact with the library And that recognizes how the library as a place has changed <CLICK> We want the user to be successful in the research process. And we want library collectionâs to be part of that success. We know you want that too. You have responded to the userâs behavior by changing the library from a collections warehouse to a collaborative learning space. You have re-balanced the budgets to reflect the need to purchase electronic over print. â Especially in academic libraries. The balance in budgets have passed the tipping point where the majority of the budget are is spent on electronic material over print â not to say that print is not relevant, just that in budgetary terms it is taking the lionâs share. You have re-engineered the technical and public services departments to manage and process electronic collections. But those collections are not always available to the user. Where the users areâŠ.
- #4Â Back to Anita and her project... Take a look at the device she is using - where does that start â Google As Ted mentioned, Its is easy to forget how much Google is used as THE route into the web. The search engines are not just a way to sites â they are becoming the de facto way to find things within a site. For example site analytics from the BnF show that 80% of hits on its detail pages come direct from external search engines Simply this means - if you want your resources to be discovered, the search engines need to know about them
- #6Â As Ted pointed out Knowledge Cards are appearing everywhere These supplement search results with information (data) about things They are driven by data â linked data -this is different from the traditional approach of just listing pages that seem to mention the topic Note how Information in the knowledge graph links you directly to more information They refer to this as Tings not Strings in our terms the Things are our entities and our resources.
- #7Â So how do we get our DATA into the Googles of the world? We need to tell them â in the way the are looking for it
- #8Â Which is the approach we took when adding Linked Data capability into WorldCat
- #9 This is what it looks like⊠We have just visited 4 separate sites â just like the web we know â data distributed across the web, linking together
- #10 Remember Ted showing you this list of things the web wants⊠How does our WorldCat Linked Data developments satisfy these desiresâŠ. WorldCat URI â respected robust source
- #14Â Why did we choose Schema.org Successful general vocab â stress cooperation in creating it and W3C affiliation for enhancing it
- #15Â Which is why Richard created another W3C group of bibliographic focused people to recommend extentions to schema. Now 80+ members Submitted 2 proposals, 1 of which has been adopted â more in the pipeline
- #16Â Schema not only show in town Emphasize the web-ness of their mission
- #18Â Are they in competition âno they complement each other Schema for general sharing with the web â BIBFRAME for detailed library focused data capture & exchange Linked Data lets you mix vocabs â expect in the future descriptions will contain both Let the consumer decide
- #27 Back to Anita againâŠ. Her search not only finds her the book she wants, but by following the links, she gets signposts to where she can get access to it
- #29Â As Ted reminded us â all these developments are part of a continuum Using the technology of the day to best achieve our mission We are using todayâs technology â to build a web of data..
- #30Â The web of data, like any network, creates the most benefit the more sources that are part of it. If your library is not part of it, your users cannot be linked to your resources! We all need to participate
- #32Â Bringing those resources â your resources â in the appropriate form â to our users wherever they (in this case Anita) are
- #33 Thank you very much for that generous introduction. Welcome, ladies and gentleman to this plenary session on the power of shared data. Iâm pleased to be here in Cape Town with my colleague Richard Wallis to talk to you today about the changing landscape of exposing our valuable library collections to library users and the power of cooperation and shared data in solving some of the hardest problems of connecting library users to the resources they needâŠ.