Entification: The Route to 'Useful' Library Data
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The document discusses the capabilities and resources of a global library cooperative with a vast catalog of over 2 billion records across various formats, including books, articles, and e-resources. It emphasizes the importance of linking structured data with web authority hubs to enhance visibility and accessibility of library data on the web. The document also outlines phases for introducing linked data, aiming to improve cataloging practices and user engagement with library resources.
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Entification: The Route to 'Useful' Library Data
- 1. Entification: The Route to Useful Library Data Richard Wallis Technology Evangelist @rjw
- 9. 6 excellent SWIB's Many great LD Projects So today ….. on the web? Where are we
- 10. Where are we on the web?
- 19. Invisible on the web! Irrelevant!
- 20. Invisible on the web! Irrelevant!
- 22. A global, nonprofit library cooperative 16,737 members in 109 countries 17 offices 5 data centers
- 23. • 322 Comprehensive and global million cataloging records • 2.1 billion holdings • 17.3 million e-‐resources in the WorldCat knowledge base •Nearly 2,000 e-‐content collections • 1.5 billion items in WorldCat Discovery, including: • 297 million peer-‐reviewed articles • 41 million digital items • 33 million pieces of evaluative content • 35 million archival materials • 8 million open-‐access items • and much more…
- 24. Comprehensive and global 253 million books 16 million e-‐books 12 million serials 12 million visual materials 7 million musical scores 4 million maps English: 83 million German: 25 million French: 18 million Spanish: 8.2 million Chinese: 5.1 million Italian: 3.4 million Dutch: 3.3 million Japanese: 2.9 million Russian: 2.9 million Danish 2.1 million Swedish: 1.9 million Portuguese: 1.3 million Just a few of the dozens of types of content: Some of the 485 languages represented…
- 25. • 322 Comprehensive and global million cataloging records • 2.1 billion holdings • 17.3 million e-‐resources in the WorldCat knowledge base •Nearly 2,000 e-‐content collections • 1.5 billion items in WorldCat Discovery, including: • 297 million peer-‐reviewed articles • 41 million digital items • 33 million pieces of evaluative content • 35 million archival materials • 8 million open-‐access items • and much more…
- 26. ≈ 2 Billion Records
- 27. ≈ 2 Billion Records 000 a22002411 01261nam 4500 001 303 005 00000000000000.0 008 b 990716m19091912enkb 0 000 eng 035 __ (DLC) |9 24002676 906 __ CATALOGER: 0 |a ibc |b orignew |c u |d ocip |e 19 |f duplicated y-‐gencatlg |g PREMARC; 955 __ |a removed record, This cataloging under imported 99-‐219818 24-‐2676 on have I LCCN changed that to LCCN, copy and characteristics, the deleted record; PREMARC retained, do please NEW as and INPUT this complete based record the on item hand; in item submit selection; for if as add copy. a 07-‐16-‐99 ta05 010 __ 24002676 |a 99219818 |z __ DLC |a DLC |c 00 DA760 |a .B88 |b 1909 a |Scotland, Peter Brown, |d Hume, 1849-‐1918. History a of by |c Hume P. Brown. |b Cambridge, Press, University 1909-‐12. |c (part maps |c fold.) cm. 20 series historical v. 408; p. 2, v. 455-‐464; p. 3, [435]-‐444. v. Stewart.-‐-‐From 2. accession disruption, the Mary of to 1689 the 1843.
- 30. Structured Data Objectives • Linking with hubs of authority on the web
- 31. Structured Data Objectives • Linking with hubs of authority on the web • viaf.org – persons
- 32. Structured Data Objectives • Linking with hubs of authority on the web • viaf.org – persons • Library of congress – subjects
- 33. Structured Data Objectives • Linking with hubs of authority on the web • viaf.org – persons • Library of congress – subjects • Dewey.info – classifications
- 34. Structured Data Objectives • Linking with hubs of authority on the web • viaf.org – persons • Library of congress – subjects • Dewey.info – classifications • Dbpedia – most things
- 35. Structured Data Objectives • Linking with hubs of authority on the web • viaf.org – persons • Library of congress – subjects • Dewey.info – classifications • Dbpedia – most things • Widely distributed & understood
- 36. Structured Data Objectives • Linking with hubs of authority on the web • viaf.org – persons • Library of congress – subjects • Dewey.info – classifications • Dbpedia – most things • Widely distributed & understood • Standard data access patterns
- 37. Structured Data Objectives • Linking with hubs of authority on the web • viaf.org – persons • Library of congress – subjects • Dewey.info – classifications • Dbpedia – most things • Widely distributed & understood • Standard data access patterns • Common vocabularies
- 38. Structured Data Objectives • Linking with hubs of authority on the web • viaf.org – persons • Library of congress – subjects • Dewey.info – classifications • Dbpedia – most things • Widely distributed & understood • Standard data access patterns • Common vocabularies • Visibility in search engines
- 39. Structured Data Objectives • Linking with hubs of authority on the web • viaf.org – persons • Library of congress – subjects • Dewey.info – classifications • Dbpedia – most things • Widely distributed & understood • Standard data access patterns • Common vocabularies • Visibility Conclusions in search engines
- 40. Structured Data Objectives • Linking with hubs of authority on the web • viaf.org – persons • Library of congress – subjects • Dewey.info – classifications • Dbpedia – most things • Widely distributed & understood • Standard data access patterns • Common vocabularies • Visibility Conclusions in search engines • Linked Data
- 41. Structured Data Objectives • Linking with hubs of authority on the web • viaf.org – persons • Library of congress – subjects • Dewey.info – classifications • Dbpedia – most things • Widely distributed & understood • Standard data access patterns • Common vocabularies • Visibility Conclusions in search engines • Linked Data • RDF – RDFa, RDF/XML, JSON-‐LD, Turtle, nTriples
- 42. Structured Data Objectives • Linking with hubs of authority on the web • viaf.org – persons • Library of congress – subjects • Dewey.info – classifications • Dbpedia – most things • Widely distributed & understood • Standard data access patterns • Common vocabularies • Visibility Conclusions in search engines • Linked Data • RDF – RDFa, RDF/XML, JSON-‐LD, Turtle, nTriples • Canonical URIs
- 43. Structured Data Objectives • Linking with hubs of authority on the web • viaf.org – persons • Library of congress – subjects • Dewey.info – classifications • Dbpedia – most things • Widely distributed & understood • Standard data access patterns • Common vocabularies • Visibility Conclusions in search engines • Linked Data • RDF – RDFa, RDF/XML, JSON-‐LD, Turtle, nTriples • Canonical URIs • Schema.org
- 44. Structured Data Objectives • Linking with hubs of authority on the web • viaf.org – persons • Library of congress – subjects • Dewey.info – classifications • Dbpedia – most things • Widely distributed & understood • Standard data access patterns • Common vocabularies • Visibility Conclusions in search engines • Linked Data • RDF – RDFa, RDF/XML, JSON-‐LD, Turtle, nTriples • Canonical URIs • Schema.org • Backed and recognized by Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Yandex
- 45. Structured Data Objectives • Linking with hubs of authority on the web • viaf.org – persons • Library of congress – subjects • Dewey.info – classifications • Dbpedia – most things • Widely distributed & understood • Standard data access patterns • Common vocabularies • Visibility Conclusions in search engines • Linked Data • RDF – RDFa, RDF/XML, JSON-‐LD, Turtle, nTriples • Canonical URIs • Schema.org • Backed and recognized by Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Yandex • Widely adopted & understood – 20% of web
- 46. Structured Data Objectives • Linking with hubs of authority on the web • viaf.org – persons • Library of congress – subjects • Dewey.info – classifications • Dbpedia – most things • Widely distributed & understood • Standard data access patterns • Common vocabularies • Visibility obvious Conclusions in search engines • Linked Data • RDF – RDFa, RDF/XML, JSON-‐LD, Turtle, nTriples • Canonical URIs • Schema.org • Backed and recognized by Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Yandex • Widely adopted & understood – 20% of web fairly y
- 47. Structured Data Objectives • Linking with hubs of authority on the web • viaf.org – persons • Library of congress – subjects • Dewey.info – classifications • Dbpedia – most things • Widely distributed & understood • Standard data access patterns • Common vocabularies • Visibility obvious Conclusions in search engines • Linked Data • RDF – RDFa, RDF/XML, JSON-‐LD, Turtle, nTriples • Canonical URIs • Schema.org • Backed and recognized by Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Yandex • Widely adopted & understood – 20% of web fairly y
- 49. Introducing Linked Data Phase 1
- 50. Introducing Linked Data Phase 1 • First mine the data
- 51. Introducing Linked Data Phase 1 • First mine the data • Records held in Marc • Identify the entities
- 52. Introducing Linked Data Phase 1 • First mine the data • Records held in Marc • Identify the entities • Person, Organization, CreativeWork, etc.
- 53. Introducing Linked Data Phase 1 • First mine the data • Records held in Marc • Identify the entities • Person, Organization, CreativeWork, etc. • Match strings to things
- 54. Introducing Linked Data Phase 1 • First mine the data • Records held in Marc • Identify the entities • Person, Organization, CreativeWork, etc. • Match strings to things • People/Organization names – viaf.org, etc
- 55. Introducing Linked Data Phase 1 • First mine the data • Records held in Marc • Identify the entities • Person, Organization, CreativeWork, etc. • Match strings to things • People/Organization names – viaf.org, etc • Subjects – Library of Congress
- 56. Introducing Linked Data Phase 1 • First mine the data • Records held in Marc • Identify the entities • Person, Organization, CreativeWork, etc. • Match strings to things • People/Organization names – viaf.org, etc • Subjects – Library of Congress
- 57. Introducing Linked Data Phase 1 • First mine the data • Records held in Marc • Identify the entities • Person, Organization, CreativeWork, etc. • Match strings to things • People/Organization names – viaf.org, etc • Subjects – Library of Congress Phase 2
- 58. Introducing Linked Data Phase 1 • First mine the data • Records held in Marc • Identify the entities • Person, Organization, CreativeWork, etc. • Match strings to things • People/Organization names – viaf.org, etc • Subjects – Library of Congress Phase 2 • Model what is of interest to the Web
- 59. Introducing Linked Data Phase 1 • First mine the data • Records held in Marc • Identify the entities • Person, Organization, CreativeWork, etc. • Match strings to things • People/Organization names – viaf.org, etc • Subjects – Library of Congress Phase 2 • Model what is of interest to the Web • All our data is important to us
- 60. Introducing Linked Data Phase 1 • First mine the data • Records held in Marc • Identify the entities • Person, Organization, CreativeWork, etc. • Match strings to things • People/Organization names – viaf.org, etc • Subjects – Library of Congress Phase 2 • Model what is of interest to the Web • All our data is important to us • What will draw people to our resources?
- 61. Introducing Linked Data Phase 1 • First mine the data • Records held in Marc • Identify the entities • Person, Organization, CreativeWork, etc. • Match strings to things • People/Organization names – viaf.org, etc • Subjects – Library of Congress Phase 2 • Model what is of interest to the Web • All our data is important to us • What will draw people to our resources? • Share the way the web does
- 62. Introducing Linked Data Phase 1 • First mine the data • Records held in Marc • Identify the entities • Person, Organization, CreativeWork, etc. • Match strings to things • People/Organization names – viaf.org, etc • Subjects – Library of Congress Phase 2 • Model what is of interest to the Web • All our data is important to us • What will draw people to our resources? • Share the way the web does • Linked Data
- 63. Introducing Linked Data Phase 1 • First mine the data • Records held in Marc • Identify the entities • Person, Organization, CreativeWork, etc. • Match strings to things • People/Organization names – viaf.org, etc • Subjects – Library of Congress Phase 2 • Model what is of interest to the Web • All our data is important to us • What will draw people to our resources? • Share the way the web does • Linked Data • Schema.org
- 64. Introducing Linked Data Phase 1 • First mine the data • Records held in Marc • Identify the entities • Person, Organization, CreativeWork, etc. • Match strings to things • People/Organization names – viaf.org, etc • Subjects – Library of Congress Phase 2 • Model what is of interest to the Web • All our data is important to us • What will draw people to our resources? • Share the way the web does • Linked Data • Schema.org Phase 3
- 65. Introducing Linked Data Phase 1 • First mine the data • Records held in Marc • Identify the entities • Person, Organization, CreativeWork, etc. • Match strings to things • People/Organization names – viaf.org, etc • Subjects – Library of Congress Phase 2 • Model what is of interest to the Web • All our data is important to us • What will draw people to our resources? • Share the way the web does • Linked Data • Schema.org Phase 3 -‐ Try it out!
- 68. library data: stored as records author location edition holding title source classification publisher ISBN date of publication
- 69. library data: stored as records person place author location edition holding title source object concept classification publisher ISBN date of publication organization work
- 70. person place object concept organization work
- 71. person place object concept organization work
- 74. Knowledge cards for libraries? Google Knowledge Graph
- 75. Commercial data stored as entities person place object concept organization work
- 76. Commercial data stored as entities person place object concept organization work
- 77. Commercial data stored as entities person place object concept organization work
- 78. Commercial data stored as entities person place FRBR: Work/Expression object concept organization work FRBR: Manifestation
- 79. Entities and library workflows: • Knowledge cards • Fixes Discovery problem of “representative record” • It’s what users expect in discovery
- 80. Entities and library workflows: • Improve Cataloging data quality – Cascading updates • A new approach to cataloging – Point and click cataloging – Managing entities instead of managing records • Consistent with RDA
- 81. Günter Grass Born: 16 October 1927 Gdańsk, Poland German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. Works Subjects Germany | German literature | Historical fiction War stories | Black humor | Fantasy Quotes “Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.”—The Find Günter Grass works at: Libraries near me | Online Retailers Tin Drum
- 82. Günter Grass Born: 16 October 1927 Gdańsk, Poland German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature. Works Subjects Germany | German literature | Historical fiction War stories | Black humor | Fantasy Quotes “Even bad books are books and therefore sacred.”—The Find Günter Grass works at: Libraries near me | Online Retailers Tin Drum MARC RECORD
- 83. Entities and library workflows: Cataloging The Tin Drum Summary: Acclaimed as the greatest German novel since the end of World War II. The Tin Drum is the story of thirty year old Oskar Matzerath who has lived through the long Nazi nightmare and who is being held in a mental institution. Subjects Germany -‐ History | German literature | Political fiction Borrowing Options Ebooks | Printed Books | Audio Books Other Languages !
- 84. Entities and library workflows: Cataloging The Tin Drum Summary: Acclaimed as the greatest German novel since the end of World War II. The Tin Drum is the story of thirty year old Oskar Matzerath who has lived through the long Nazi nightmare and who is being held in a mental institution. Subjects Germany -‐ History | German literature | Political fiction Borrowing Options Ebooks | Printed Books | Audio Books Other Languages ! Person Editor
- 85. Entities and library workflows: Cataloging The Tin Drum Person Editor Person Summary: Authority Acclaimed as the greatest • Günter Grass • SameAs ➾ German novel since the end of World War II. The Tin Drum is the story of thirty year old Oskar Matzerath who has lived through the long Nazi nightmare and who is being held in a mental institution. Subjects Germany -‐ History | German literature | Political fiction <dbpedia.org> Borrowing Options Ebooks | Printed Books | Audio Books Other Languages !
- 86. Entities and library workflows: Cataloging The Tin Drum Person Editor Person Summary: Authority Acclaimed as the greatest • Günter Grass • SameAs ➾ German novel since the end of World War II. The Tin Drum is the story of thirty year old Oskar Matzerath who has lived through the long Nazi nightmare and who is being held in a mental institution. Subjects Germany -‐ History | German literature | Political fiction <dbpedia.org> Borrowing Options Ebooks | Printed Books | Audio Books Other Languages ! LC NAF
- 87. Entities and library workflows: Cataloging The Tin Drum Summary: Acclaimed as the greatest German novel since the end of World War II. The Tin Drum is the story of thirty year old Oskar Matzerath who has lived through the long Nazi nightmare and who is being held in a mental institution. Subjects Germany -‐ History | German literature | Political fiction Borrowing Options Ebooks | Printed Books | Audio Books Other Languages !
- 88. Entities and library workflows: Cataloging The Tin Drum Summary: Acclaimed as the greatest German novel since the end of World War II. The Tin Drum is the story of thirty year old Oskar Matzerath who has lived through the long Nazi nightmare and who is being held in a mental institution. Subjects Germany -‐ History | German literature | Political fiction Borrowing Options Ebooks | Printed Books | Audio Books Other Languages ! Work Editor
- 89. Entities and library workflows: Cataloging The Tin Drum Work Editor Work Authority Summary: Acclaimed as the greatest German novel since the end of World War II. • Title The Tin Drum is the story of thirty year old Oskar Matzerath who has lived through the long Nazi nightmare and who is being held in • Creator a mental institution. ➾ <Person> Subjects Germany -‐ History | German literature | Political fiction Borrowing Options Ebooks | Printed Books | Audio Books Other Languages !
- 90. Entities and library workflows: The Tin Drum Work Editor Summary: Acclaimed as the greatest German novel since the end of World War II. The Tin Drum is the story of thirty year old Oskar Matzerath who has lived through the long Nazi nightmare and who is being held in a mental institution. Germany -‐ History | German literature | Political fiction Borrowing Options Ebooks | Printed Expression Books | Audio Books Cataloging Subjects Other Languages ! Manifestation 1 Manifestation 2 Manifestation 3 Cascading Updates Work Authority • Title • Creator ➾ <Person>
- 91. Entities and library workflows: The Tin Drum Work Editor Summary: Acclaimed as the greatest German novel since the end of World War II. The Tin Drum is the story of thirty year old Oskar Matzerath who has lived through the long Nazi nightmare and who is being held in a mental institution. Germany -‐ History | German literature | Political fiction Borrowing Options Ebooks | Printed Expression Books | Audio Books Cataloging Subjects Other Languages ! Manifestation 1 Manifestation 2 Manifestation 3 MARC21 Output Cascading Updates Work Authority • Title • Creator ➾ <Person>
- 92. Entities and library workflows: Other applications
- 93. Entities and library workflows: Other applications • Interlibrary Loan – Borrow at the Work level – Manifestations/Items are detail
- 94. Entities and library workflows: Other applications • Interlibrary Loan – Borrow at the Work level – Manifestations/Items are detail • Analytics – Fixes “holdings scatter” across manifestations
- 95. Entities and library workflows: Other applications • Interlibrary Loan – Borrow at the Work level – Manifestations/Items are detail • Analytics – Fixes “holdings scatter” across manifestations • Other third party applications – Discovery API exposes library entities
- 96. Entities and library workflows: Web exposure
- 97. • Be Entities and library workflows: Web exposure found on the web
- 98. • Be Entities and library workflows: Web exposure found on the web • Connect your users to unique content
- 99. • Be Entities and library workflows: Web exposure found on the web • Connect your users to unique content • What the web requires for web exposure – Aggregation – Familiar structures – A Network of Links – Entity Identifiers
- 100. WorldCat Entities
- 102. WorldCat Entities Works • 197+ million Work descriptions and URIs • Schema.org • RDF Data formats – RDF/XML, Turtle, Triples, JSON-‐LD • Links to WorldCat manifestations • Links to Dewey, LCSH, LCNAF, VIAF, FAST • Open Data license • Released April 2014
- 108. Bibliographic Entities Work Place Event Concept Organization Person Intuitive searching Cataloging Integration with the web Cascading updates More options
- 109. Bibliographic Entities -‐ In the Web of Data
- 110. Bibliographic Entities -‐ In the Web of Data person place object concept organization work
- 111. Bibliographic Entities -‐ In the Web of Data person place object concept organization work Entity Based Data Architecture…
- 112. What About Linked Data? https://www.flickr.com/photos/rileyroxx/169900848/
- 113. WhWahatt Aabbouot uLitn kLedin ked Data? Data? Yeah! – what about Linked Data? I thought Linked Data was going to solve all our problems! https://www.flickr.com/photos/rileyroxx/169900848/
- 114. Linked Data
- 115. • A Linked Data Technology • Standard on the Web – RDF, URIs, Vocabularies • Identifying and Linking resources on the Web • Important powerful enabling technology
- 116. • A Linked Data Technology • Standard on the Web – RDF, URIs, Vocabularies • Identifying and Linking resources on the Web • Important powerful enabling technology • But only a technology…
- 117. • A Linked Data Technology • Standard on the Web – RDF, URIs, Vocabularies • Identifying and Linking resources on the Web • Important powerful enabling technology • But only a technology… for the systems folks to worry about
- 118. • A Linked Data Technology • Standard on the Web – RDF, URIs, Vocabularies • Identifying and Linking resources on the Web • Important powerful enabling technology • But only a technology… for the systems folks to worry about • Real benefits flow from: Entity Based Data Architecture
- 119. • A Linked Data Technology • Standard on the Web – RDF, URIs, Vocabularies • Identifying and Linking resources on the Web • Important powerful enabling technology • But only a technology… for the systems folks to worry about • Real benefits flow from: Entity Based Data Architecture Powered by Linked Data
- 120. Entity Based Data
- 121. Entity Based Data on the Web
- 122. Entity Based Data on the Web
- 123. Entity Based Data on the Web
- 124. Entity Based Data on the Web
- 125. Entity Based Data on the Web Knowledge Graphs
- 126. Entity Based Data on the Web Knowledge Graphs
- 127. Entity Based Data on the Web Knowledge Graphs
- 128. Entity Based Data on the Web Knowledge Graphs
- 129. Entity Based Data on the Web Knowledge Graphs Semantic Search
- 130. Why is the Web Adopting This?
- 131. Why is the Web Adopting This? (Entities, Semantic Search, Linked Data)
- 132. Why is the Web Adopting This? (Entities, Semantic Search, Linked Data) • To get their products/resources in front of users - Next Generation SEO
- 133. Why is the Web Adopting This? (Entities, Semantic Search, Linked Data) • To get their products/resources in front of users - Next Generation SEO • It is a shared approach from the Search Engines - But not exclusive to them
- 136. Syndication For Libraries • Aggregate to a central site - National Library, Consortia, WorldCat.org
- 137. Syndication For Libraries • Aggregate to a central site - National Library, Consortia, WorldCat.org • Publish details to syndication partners - WorldCat: Amazon, Google Scholar, EasyBib, EBSCO, OpenLibrary, FindMyLibrary, RedLaser, Yelp, …
- 138. Syndication For Libraries • Aggregate to a central site - National Library, Consortia, WorldCat.org • Publish details to syndication partners - WorldCat: Amazon, Google Scholar, EasyBib, EBSCO, OpenLibrary, FindMyLibrary, RedLaser, Yelp, … • Links from aggregators to individual libraries - Find in a library
- 139. Syndication For Libraries • Aggregate to a central site - National Library, Consortia, WorldCat.org • Publish details to syndication partners - WorldCat: June Amazon, Google Scholar, EasyBib, EBSCO, OpenLibrary, FindMyLibrary, RedLaser, Yelp, … • Links Million from Million from aggregators to individual libraries - Find in a library Syndication WorldCat Year to 2013 ! • 77 referrals partners • 8.7 to click-‐through libraries
- 140. Syndication For Libraries • Aggregate to a central site - National Library, Consortia, WorldCat.org • Publish details to syndication partners - WorldCat: Amazon, Google Scholar, EasyBib, EBSCO, OpenLibrary, FindMyLibrary, RedLaser, Yelp, … • Links from aggregators to individual libraries - Find in a library Today
- 141. Syndication For Libraries • Aggregate to a central site - National Library, Consortia, WorldCat.org • Publish details to syndication partners - WorldCat: Amazon, Google Scholar, EasyBib, EBSCO, OpenLibrary, FindMyLibrary, RedLaser, Yelp, … • Links from aggregators to individual libraries - Find in a library Today Efficient but indirect
- 143. Syndication For Libraries On the Web of Data
- 144. Syndication For Libraries • Individual On the Web of Data libraries publish resource data
- 145. Syndication For Libraries • Individual On the Web of Data libraries publish resource data - Linked Data in local discovery interfaces
- 146. Syndication For Libraries • Individual On the Web of Data libraries publish resource data - Linked Data in local discovery interfaces - Links to authoritative hubs – set global context • VIAF, LoC, WorldCat Works, …
- 147. Syndication For Libraries • Individual On the Web of Data libraries publish resource data - Linked Data in local discovery interfaces - Links to authoritative hubs – set global context • VIAF, LoC, WorldCat Works, … • Recognized and identified on the Web
- 148. Syndication For Libraries • Individual On the Web of Data libraries publish resource data - Linked Data in local discovery interfaces - Links to authoritative hubs – set global context • VIAF, LoC, WorldCat Works, … • Recognized and identified on the Web - Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Yandex, etc. - Where our users are!
- 149. Syndication For Libraries • Individual On the Web of Data libraries publish resource data - Linked Data in local discovery interfaces - Links to authoritative hubs – set global context • VIAF, LoC, WorldCat Works, … • Recognized and identified on the Web - Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Yandex, etc. - Where our users are! • Users referred directly to resources in the library
- 150. Syndication For Libraries • Individual On the Web of Data libraries publish resource data - Linked Data in local discovery interfaces - Links to authoritative hubs – set global context • VIAF, LoC, WorldCat Works, … • Recognized and identified on the Web - Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Yandex, etc. - Where our users are! • Users referred directly to resources in the library Direct and Effective
- 151. Syndication For Libraries • Individual On the Web of Data libraries publish resource data - Linked Data in local discovery interfaces - Links to authoritative hubs – set global context • VIAF, LoC, WorldCat Works, … • Recognized and identified on the Web - Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Yandex, etc. - Where our users are! • Users referred directly to resources in the library Direct and Effective
- 152. Syndication For Libraries • Individual On the Web of Data libraries publish resource data - Linked Data in local discovery interfaces - Links to authoritative hubs – set global context • VIAF, LoC, WorldCat Works, … • Recognized and identified on the Web - Google, Bing, Yahoo!, Yandex, etc. - Where our users are! • Users referred directly to resources in the library Direct and Effective
- 153. Tell them about our resources… http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/6220572487
- 154. Tell them about our resources… …using their language and methods http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/6220572487
- 156. Has it been a waste of time?
- 157. Has it been a waste of time? Am I saying….
- 158. Has it been a waste of time? Am I saying…. Throw it all away and use…
- 159. Has it been a waste of time? Throw it all away and use… No!…. Am I saying….
- 160. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water
- 161. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water Sharing for discovery on the web As part of a Global Knowledge Graph
- 162. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water Sharing for discovery on the web As part of a Global Knowledge Graph Entification
- 163. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water Sharing for discovery on the web As part of a Global Knowledge Graph Entification Identify the entities in your data:
- 164. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water Sharing for discovery on the web As part of a Global Knowledge Graph Entification Identify the entities in your data: • Describe them using appropriate vocabularies
- 165. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water Sharing for discovery on the web As part of a Global Knowledge Graph Entification Identify the entities in your data: • Describe them using appropriate vocabularies • Describe the relationships between them
- 166. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water Sharing for discovery on the web As part of a Global Knowledge Graph Entification Identify the entities in your data: • Describe them using appropriate vocabularies • Describe the relationships between them • Place them in a global context – link to authoritative hubs
- 167. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water Sharing for discovery on the web As part of a Global Knowledge Graph Entification Identify the entities in your data: • Describe them using appropriate vocabularies • Describe the relationships between them • Place them in a global context – link to authoritative hubs • Liberate the value in your data!
- 168. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water Sharing for discovery on the web As part of a Global Knowledge Graph Entification Identify the entities in your data: • Describe them using appropriate vocabularies • Describe the relationships between them • Place them in a global context – link to authoritative hubs • Liberate the value in your data! ENTITIES
- 169. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water Sharing for discovery on the web As part of a Global Knowledge Graph Entification Identify the entities in your data: • Describe them using appropriate vocabularies • Describe the relationships between them • Place them in a global context – link to authoritative hubs • Liberate the value in your data! And also share them on the web – a job for Schema.org ENTITIES
- 171. Why Catalog?
- 172. Why Catalog? So we can find things
- 173. Why Catalog? So we can find things Why Share on the Web?
- 174. Why Catalog? So we can find things Why Share on the Web? So today’s users can find our things
- 175. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy
- 176. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST 2010 Publish Linked Data
- 177. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release 2012 – using Schema.org 2010
- 178. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources 2010 2012 2013
- 179. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓WorldCat Works Released – using Schema.org 2010 2012 2013 2014
- 180. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓WorldCat Works Released – using Schema.org ✓Schema.org added to VIAF RDF 2010 2012 2013 2014
- 181. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓WorldCat Works Released – using Schema.org ✓Schema.org added to VIAF RDF 2010 2012 2013 2014
- 182. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓WorldCat Works Released – using Schema.org ✓Schema.org added to VIAF RDF 2010 2012 2013 2014 ➢Application Integration ➢WorldCat Discovery ➢Analytics ➢Discovery API ➢Cataloging 2015
- 183. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓WorldCat Works Released – using Schema.org ✓Schema.org added to VIAF RDF 2010 2012 2014 ➢Application Integration ➢WorldCat Discovery ➢Analytics ➢Discovery API ➢Cataloging 2015 ➢More Entities Released ➢Person ➢Organization ➢Event ➢Concept 2013
- 184. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓WorldCat Works Released – using Schema.org ✓Schema.org added to VIAF RDF 2010 2012 2014 ➢Application Integration ➢WorldCat Discovery ➢Analytics ➢Discovery API ➢Cataloging 2015 ➢More Entities Released ➢Person ➢Organization ➢Event ➢Concept ➢New Products ➢New Services 2013 2016
- 185. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓WorldCat Works Released – using Schema.org ✓Schema.org added to VIAF RDF 2010 2012 2014 ➢Application Integration ➢WorldCat Discovery ➢Analytics ➢Discovery API ➢Cataloging 2015 ➢More Entities Released ➢Person ➢Organization ➢Event ➢Concept ➢New Products ➢Continuing Evangelism ➢New Services ➢Continuing Innovation 2013 2016
- 186. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓WorldCat Works Released – using Schema.org ✓Schema.org added to VIAF RDF 2010 2012 2014 ➢Application Integration ➢WorldCat Discovery ➢Analytics ➢Discovery API ➢Cataloging 2015 ➢More Entities Released ➢Person ➢Organization ➢Event ➢Concept ➢New Products ➢Continuing Evangelism ➢New Services ➢Continuing Innovation 2013 2016
- 187. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓WorldCat Works Released – using Schema.org ✓Schema.org added to VIAF RDF 2010 2012 2014 ➢Application Integration ➢WorldCat Discovery ➢Analytics ➢Discovery API ➢Cataloging 2015 ➢More Entities Released ➢Person ➢Organization ➢Event ➢Concept ➢New Products ➢Continuing Evangelism ➢New Services ➢Continuing Innovation 2013 2016
- 188. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓WorldCat Works Released – using Schema.org ✓Schema.org added to VIAF RDF 2010 2012 2014 ➢Application Integration ➢WorldCat Discovery ➢Analytics ➢Discovery API ➢Cataloging 2015 ➢More Entities Released ➢Person ➢Organization ➢Event ➢Concept ➢New Products ➢Continuing Evangelism ➢New Services ➢Continuing Innovation 2013 2016
- 189. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓WorldCat Works Released – using Schema.org ✓Schema.org added to VIAF RDF 2010 2012 2014 ➢Application Integration ➢WorldCat Discovery ➢Analytics ➢Discovery API ➢Cataloging 2015 ➢More Entities Released ➢Person ➢Organization ➢Event ➢Concept ➢New Products ➢Continuing Evangelism ➢New Services ➢Continuing Innovation 2013 2016
- 190. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓WorldCat Works Released – using Schema.org ✓Schema.org added to VIAF RDF 2010 2012 2014 ➢Application Integration ➢WorldCat Discovery ➢Analytics ➢Discovery API ➢Cataloging 2015 ➢More Entities Released ➢Person ➢Organization ➢Event ➢Concept ➢New Products ➢Continuing Evangelism ➢New Services ➢Continuing Innovation 2013 2016
- 191. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓WorldCat Works Released – using Schema.org ✓Schema.org added to VIAF RDF 2010 2012 2014 ➢Application Integration ➢WorldCat Discovery ➢Analytics ➢Discovery API ➢Cataloging 2015 ➢More Entities Released ➢Person ➢Organization ➢Event ➢Concept ➢New Products ➢Continuing Evangelism ➢New Services ➢Continuing Innovation 2013 2016
- 192. OCLC Entity Based Data Strategy ✓VIAF, ISNI, FAST Publish Linked Data ✓WorldCat.org Linked Data Release – using Schema.org ✓Data mining of WorldCat resources ✓WorldCat Works Released – using Schema.org ✓Schema.org added to VIAF RDF 2010 2012 2014 ➢Application Integration ➢WorldCat Discovery ➢Analytics ➢Discovery API ➢Cataloging 2015 ➢More Entities Released ➢Person ➢Organization ➢Event ➢Concept ➢New Products ➢Continuing Evangelism ➢New Services ➢Continuing Innovation 2013 2016
- 193. Where are our users?
- 194. Where are our users?
- 195. 6 excellent SWIB's ! Many great LD Projects
- 196. 6 excellent SWIB's but ! Many great LD Projects
- 197. 6 excellent SWIB's but ! Many great LD Projects If users can't discover our resources
- 198. 6 excellent SWIB's but ! Many great LD Projects If users can't discover our resources What is the point?
- 199. 6 excellent SWIB's ! Many great LD Projects
- 200. 6 excellent SWIB's ! Many great LD Projects 5
- 201. 7 5 6 excellent SWIB's ! more y Many great LD Projects
- 202. 7 5 6 excellent SWIB's ! more y Many great LD Projects
- 203. Entification: The Route to Useful Library Data Richard Wallis Technology Evangelist @rjw
- 204. Entification: The Route to Useful Library Data Richard Wallis Technology Evangelist @rjw http://slideshare.net/rjw