DANS Linked Data Workshop Discusses Publishing EASY Metadata
1. DANS is an institute of KNAW and NWO
Data Archiving and Networked ServicesData Archiving and Networked Services
EASY metadata as
Linked Open Data
DANS Werklunch 2.06.13
Marat Charlaganov
3. Linked Data
Method of publishing structured data on the
Web and of interlinking data between different data
sources.
•Based on web standards
•Uses triples to describe data
6. Triples
Amsterdam is located in the Netherlands
<http://dbpedia.org/resource/Amsterdam> <http://dbpedia.org/ontology/location> <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Netherlands>
7. Triples
Amsterdam is located in the Netherlands
<http://dbpedia.org/resource/Amsterdam> <http://dbpedia.org/ontology/location> <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Netherlands>
dbp:Amsterdamdbp:Amsterdam dbp:Netherlandsdbp:Netherlands
dbo:location
8. Triples
Amsterdam is located in the Netherlands.
<http://dbpedia.org/resource/Amsterdam> <http://dbpedia.org/ontology/location> <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Netherlands> .
<http://dbpedia.org/resource/Amsterdam> <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label> “Amsterdam”@en ,
dbp:Amsterdamdbp:Amsterdam dbp:Netherlandsdbp:Netherlands
dbo:location
“Amsterdam”“Amsterdam”
rdfs:label
9. EASY metadata
• Expressed as triples (uses RDF
internally)
• There is a mapping to a
standard vocabulary (Dublin
Core)
• Datasets have URI’s
– Dataset URL
– Persistent identifier
16. Behind the scenes
• No knowledge of database schema
• Some knowledge of Dublin Core conventions
• Use of external information (dbpedia)
• Some knowledge of SPARQL (optional)
• Geospatial query
19. Conclusions
• EASY metadata is (almost) ready for publishing
as Linked Open Data
• Linked Open Data
– Machine-readable
– Developer-friendly
– Good for humans
• Further reading: http://dans-labs.github.io/easy-lod/
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