This document summarizes Richard Wallis and his work. Richard Wallis is an independent consultant and founder of Data Liberate. He currently works with OCLC and Google to develop schema standards. He chairs several W3C community groups focused on developing schemas for bibliographic data and archives data using Schema.org.

1. OCLC Webinar - 07. Dezember 2015
The Web of Data is Our Opportunity
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
richard.wallis@dataliberate.com
@rjw

2. OCLC Webinar - 07. Dezember 2015
The Web of Data is Our Opportunity
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
richard.wallis@dataliberate.com
@rjw

3. Independent Consultant, Evangelist & Founder
Data Liberate
Richard Wallis

4. Independent Consultant, Evangelist & Founder
Data Liberate
Chair of:
• Schema Bib Extend W3C Community Group
Richard Wallis

5. Independent Consultant, Evangelist & Founder
Data Liberate
Chair of:
• Schema Bib Extend W3C Community Group
• Schema.org for bibliographic data
• bib.schema.org
Richard Wallis

6. Independent Consultant, Evangelist & Founder
Data Liberate
Chair of:
• Schema Bib Extend W3C Community Group
• Schema.org for bibliographic data
• bib.schema.org
• BiblioGraph.net
• Bibliographic Schema.org extension vocabulary
Richard Wallis

7. Independent Consultant, Evangelist & Founder
Data Liberate
Chair of:
• Schema Bib Extend W3C Community Group
• Schema.org for bibliographic data
• bib.schema.org
• BiblioGraph.net
• Bibliographic Schema.org extension vocabulary
• Schema Architypes W3C Community Group
• Schema.org for archives data
• archives.schema.org ?
Richard Wallis

8. Independent Consultant, Evangelist & Founder
Data Liberate
Currently Working With:
Chair of:
• Schema Bib Extend W3C Community Group
• Schema.org for bibliographic data
• bib.schema.org
• BiblioGraph.net
• Bibliographic Schema.org extension vocabulary
• Schema Architypes W3C Community Group
• Schema.org for archives data
• archives.schema.org ?
Richard Wallis

9. Independent Consultant, Evangelist & Founder
Data Liberate
Currently Working With:
• OCLC
Chair of:
• Schema Bib Extend W3C Community Group
• Schema.org for bibliographic data
• bib.schema.org
• BiblioGraph.net
• Bibliographic Schema.org extension vocabulary
• Schema Architypes W3C Community Group
• Schema.org for archives data
• archives.schema.org ?
Richard Wallis

10. Independent Consultant, Evangelist & Founder
Data Liberate
Currently Working With:
• OCLC
• Google – on the Schema.org site and vocabulary
Chair of:
• Schema Bib Extend W3C Community Group
• Schema.org for bibliographic data
• bib.schema.org
• BiblioGraph.net
• Bibliographic Schema.org extension vocabulary
• Schema Architypes W3C Community Group
• Schema.org for archives data
• archives.schema.org ?
Richard Wallis

11. Independent Consultant, Evangelist & Founder
Data Liberate
Currently Working With:
• OCLC
• Google – on the Schema.org site and vocabulary
• FIBO – Financial Industry Business Ontology
Chair of:
• Schema Bib Extend W3C Community Group
• Schema.org for bibliographic data
• bib.schema.org
• BiblioGraph.net
• Bibliographic Schema.org extension vocabulary
• Schema Architypes W3C Community Group
• Schema.org for archives data
• archives.schema.org ?
Richard Wallis

13. The
Web
of
…

14. The
Web
of
…
Documents

15. The
Web
of
…
Documents
Active
Documents

16. The
Web
of
…
Documents
Active
Documents
Discovery ☌

17. The
Web
of
…
Documents
Active
Documents
Discovery
Data
☌☌

18. The
Web
of
…
Documents
Active
Documents
Discovery
Data
☌☌

19. The
Web
of
…
Documents
Active
Documents
Discovery
Data
☌☌
✔

20. The
Web
of
…
Documents
Active
Documents
Discovery
Data
☌☌
✔
✔

21. The
Web
of
…
Documents
Active
Documents
Discovery
Data
☌☌
✔
✔
✗

22. The
Web
of
…
Documents
Active
Documents
Discovery
Data
☌☌
✔
✔
✔✗
✗

23. The
Web
of
…
Documents
Active
Documents
Discovery
Data
Knowledge
☌☌
✔
✔
✔✗
✗☌

24. The
Web
of
…
Documents
Active
Documents
Discovery
Data
Knowledge
☌☌
✔
✔
✔✗
✗
?
☌

26. Record
Title:
"War
and
Peace"
Author:
"Leo
Tolstoy
1828-­‐1910"
ISBN:
0307266931
Type:
Work
Name:
"War
and
Peace"
Author:
http://worldcat.org/entity/person/id/1234
Entity
(http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/115206288)

27. Record
Title:
"War
and
Peace"
Author:
"Leo
Tolstoy
1828-­‐1910"
ISBN:
0307266931
Type:
Work
Name:
"War
and
Peace"
Author:
http://worldcat.org/entity/person/id/1234
Entity
(http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/115206288)

28. Record
Title:
"War
and
Peace"
Author:
"Leo
Tolstoy
1828-­‐1910"
ISBN:
0307266931
Type:
Work
Name:
"War
and
Peace"
Author:
http://worldcat.org/entity/person/id/1234
Entity
(http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/115206288)
Type:
Person
Name:
"Leo
Tolstoy
"
Born:
1828
Died:
1910
Birthplace:
http://worldcat.org/entity/place/id/8976
Entity
(http://worldcat.org/entity/person/id/1234)
⤵

29. Record
Title:
"War
and
Peace"
Author:
"Leo
Tolstoy
1828-­‐1910"
ISBN:
0307266931
Type:
Work
Name:
"War
and
Peace"
Author:
http://worldcat.org/entity/person/id/1234
Entity
(http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/115206288)
Type:
Person
Name:
"Leo
Tolstoy
"
Born:
1828
Died:
1910
Birthplace:
http://worldcat.org/entity/place/id/8976
Entity
(http://worldcat.org/entity/person/id/1234)
Type:
Place
Name:
"Yasnaya
Polyana"
SameAs:
http://geonames.org/468686
Entity
(http://worldcat.org/entity/place/id/8976)
⤵
⤵
⟶

34. Where are we on the web?

43. Invisible on the web!

44. Invisible on the web!

45. Open
Linked
Data
-­‐
Silos
Library
Linked
Data

46. British
Library
German
National
Library
Spanish
National
Library
Swedish
National
Library
Open
Linked
Data
-­‐
Silos
Library
Linked
Data

47. British
Library
German
National
Library
Spanish
National
Library
Swedish
National
Library
Open
Linked
Data
-­‐
Silos
Library
Linked
Data

48. British
Library
German
National
Library
Spanish
National
Library
Swedish
National
Library
Open
Linked
Data
-­‐
Silos
Library
Linked
Data

49. British
Library
German
National
Library
Spanish
National
Library
Swedish
National
Library
Open
Linked
Data
-­‐
Silos
Library
Linked
Data

50. British
Library
German
National
Library
Spanish
National
Library
Swedish
National
Library
Open
Linked
Data
-­‐
Silos
Library
Linked
Data

51. British
Library
German
National
Library
Spanish
National
Library
Swedish
National
Library
Open
Linked
Data
-­‐
Silos
Behind
A
Vocabulary
Barrier
Library
Linked
Data

54. A
general
purpose
vocabulary
for
describing
things
on
the
web

55. A
general
purpose
vocabulary
for
describing
things
on
the
web
"Used
by
over
10
million
domains"

56. A
general
purpose
vocabulary
for
describing
things
on
the
web
"Used
by
over
10
million
domains"
"25%
of
pages
in
our
indexes"

57. A
general
purpose
vocabulary
for
describing
things
on
the
web
"Used
by
over
10
million
domains"
"25%
of
pages
in
our
indexes"
"15%
of
the
Web"

58. A
general
purpose
vocabulary
for
describing
things
on
the
web
"Used
by
over
10
million
domains"
"25%
of
pages
in
our
indexes"
de
facto
y
"15%
of
the
Web"

59. A
general
purpose
vocabulary
for
describing
things
on
the
web
"Used
by
over
10
million
domains"
"25%
of
pages
in
our
indexes"
de
facto
y
• Linked
Data
"15%
of
the
Web"

60. A
general
purpose
vocabulary
for
describing
things
on
the
web
"Used
by
over
10
million
domains"
"25%
of
pages
in
our
indexes"
de
facto
y
• Linked
Data
• Embedded
in
HTML
"15%
of
the
Web"

61. A
general
purpose
vocabulary
for
describing
things
on
the
web
"Used
by
over
10
million
domains"
"25%
of
pages
in
our
indexes"
de
facto
y
• Linked
Data
• Embedded
in
HTML
• RDFa,
Microdata,
JSON-­‐LD
"15%
of
the
Web"

62. A
general
purpose
vocabulary
for
describing
things
on
the
web
"Used
by
over
10
million
domains"
"25%
of
pages
in
our
indexes"
de
facto
y
• Linked
Data
• Embedded
in
HTML
• RDFa,
Microdata,
JSON-­‐LD
• Descriptive
data
"15%
of
the
Web"

63. A
general
purpose
vocabulary
for
describing
things
on
the
web
"Used
by
over
10
million
domains"
"25%
of
pages
in
our
indexes"
de
facto
y
• Linked
Data
• Embedded
in
HTML
• RDFa,
Microdata,
JSON-­‐LD
• Descriptive
data
• Active
links
"15%
of
the
Web"

65. • Foundation
for
the
future
of
bibliographic
description

66. • Foundation
for
the
future
of
bibliographic
description
• Eventual
replacement
for
Marc
21

67. • Foundation
for
the
future
of
bibliographic
description
• Eventual
replacement
for
Marc
21
• Identify
information
entities

68. • Foundation
for
the
future
of
bibliographic
description
• Eventual
replacement
for
Marc
21
• Identify
information
entities
• Conversion
from
Marc

69. • Foundation
for
the
future
of
bibliographic
description
• Eventual
replacement
for
Marc
21
• Identify
information
entities
• Conversion
from
Marc
• Publish
in
RDF
–
Linked
Data

70. • Foundation
for
the
future
of
bibliographic
description
• Eventual
replacement
for
Marc
21
• Identify
information
entities
• Conversion
from
Marc
• Publish
in
RDF
–
Linked
Data
• White
Paper
Common Ground: Exploring Compatibilities between the
Linked Data Models of the Library of Congress and OCLC
http://oc.lc/CommonGround

71. Contest?

72. Contest?No Contest!

73. Contest?No Contest!
Use appropriate vocabularies
for your data

74. Contest?No Contest!
Use appropriate vocabularies
for your data
Schema.org: to share with the web

76. Why
Catalog?

77. Why
Catalog?
So
we
can
find
things

78. Why
Catalog?
So
we
can
find
things
Why
Share
on
the
Web?

79. Why
Catalog?
So
we
can
find
things
Why
Share
on
the
Web?
So
today’s
users
can
find
our
things

80. Where
are
our
users?

81. Where
are
our
users?

82. Entities:
Getting
from
here
to
there

83. Data from one
converted record does
not an entity make
Entities:
Getting
from
here
to
there

84. Data from one
converted record does
not an entity make
Transformation
into
Linked
Data
is
just
a
beginning
…
Entities:
Getting
from
here
to
there

85. Data from one
converted record does
not an entity make
Transformation
into
Linked
Data
is
just
a
beginning
…
• Mine
and
analyse
the
aggregate
Entities:
Getting
from
here
to
there

86. Data from one
converted record does
not an entity make
Transformation
into
Linked
Data
is
just
a
beginning
…
• Mine
and
analyse
the
aggregate
• Identify,
map,
merge
-­‐
evidence
based
Entities:
Getting
from
here
to
there

87. Data from one
converted record does
not an entity make
Transformation
into
Linked
Data
is
just
a
beginning
…
• Mine
and
analyse
the
aggregate
• Identify,
map,
merge
-­‐
evidence
based
• Relate
to
external
sources
Entities:
Getting
from
here
to
there

88. Data from one
converted record does
not an entity make
Transformation
into
Linked
Data
is
just
a
beginning
…
• Mine
and
analyse
the
aggregate
• Identify,
map,
merge
-­‐
evidence
based
• Relate
to
external
sources
• Establish
the
entities
Entities:
Getting
from
here
to
there

89. http://www.opte.org/
In
A
Web
of
Data

90. http://www.opte.org/
In
A
Web
of
Data

92. person place
object concept
organization work
Entities of Initial Focus

93. person place
object concept
organization work
Entities of Initial Focus

94. person place
object concept
organization workwork
Entities of Initial Focus

95. person place
object concept
organization workwork
person
Entities of Initial Focus

96. Embedding Linked Data in the Web

97. Embedding Linked Data in the Web

98. Schema.org
Embedding Linked Data in the Web

103. Collaborating on BIBFRAME

104. • Working with the Library of Congress and others to
finalize the BIBFRAME standard
Collaborating on BIBFRAME

105. • Working with the Library of Congress and others to
finalize the BIBFRAME standard
• Beginning to explore what working with it at scale will
mean
Collaborating on BIBFRAME

106. Working With the Web

107. • Modelling bibliographic data using Schema.org
Working With the Web

108. • Modelling bibliographic data using Schema.org
• Collaborating on expanding the Schema.org with
additional bibliographic elements at bib.schema.org
Working With the Web

109. • Modelling bibliographic data using Schema.org
• Collaborating on expanding the Schema.org with
additional bibliographic elements at bib.schema.org
• Syndicating WorldCat data to search engines using
Schema.org markup
Working With the Web

110. Piloting new services

111. • Person Entity Lookup service
– Send in an ID, get description
• Or just PersonID
• Or just SameAs IDs
– Started in September 2015
– Participants:
– Cornell
– Harvard
– Library of Congress
– National Library of Medicine
– National Library of Poland
– Stanford University
– University of California Davis
Piloting new services

112. Exploring Ways to Use Linked Data

113. Exploring Ways to Use Linked Data

114. OCLC’s linked data resources
WorldCat Catalog:
15 billion triples
WorldCat Works:
5 billion RDF triples
FAST:
23 million
triples
VIAF: 2 billion triples
ISNI: 10-50 million triples
DDC: 300 million triples

115. For More Information

116. Improving the Discovery Experience
Mockup

117. Improving Web Discovery of Library Materials
WorldCat Works Linked Data
Released
Unique Visitors to WorldCat

118. Title: Journey to the West
Language: English
Translator: Anthony C. Yu
Date: 1977
IsTranslationOf:
Title: Journey to the West
Language: English
Translator: W. J. F. Jenner
Date: 1982-1984
IsTranslationOf:
Title: 西遊記
Language: Chinese
Author: 吳承恩
Created: 1592
HasTranslation:
Title: Tây du ký bình khảo
Language: Vietnamese
Translator: Phan Quân
Date: 1980
IsTranslationOf:
Title: ⻄西遊記
Language: Japanese
Translator: 中野美代⼦子
Date: 1986
IsTranslationOf:
Title: Pilgerfahrt
Language: German
Translator: Georgette Boner
Date: 1983
IsTranslationOf:
Linking Translations Appropriately

119. Bringing Authority Control to the Web

120. Many great Library Linked
Data Initiatives

121. but
Many great Library Linked
Data Initiatives

122. but
Many great Library Linked
Data Initiatives
If
users
can't
discover
our
resources

123. but
Many great Library Linked
Data Initiatives
If
users
can't
discover
our
resources
What
is
the
point?

124. but
Many great Library Linked
Data Initiatives
If
users
can't
discover
our
resources
What
is
the
point?
Give
the
Web
what
it
wants!

126. Linked
Data
has
benefits
for
library
workflows
….
….by
giving
the
Web
what
it
wants

127. OCLC Webinar - 07. Dezember 2015
The Web of Data is Our Opportunity
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
richard.wallis@dataliberate.com
@rjw

128. OCLC Webinar - 07. Dezember 2015
The Web of Data is Our Opportunity
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
richard.wallis@dataliberate.com
@rjw