Multilingual issues in the representation of international bibliographic standards for the Semantic Web
- 1. Multilingual Issues in the Representation of International Bibliographic Standards for the Semantic Web Gordon Dunsire Independent Consultant; Chair of IFLA Namespaces Technical Group Presented at W3C Multilingual Web Workshop, Rome, 12-13 March 2013
- 2. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) maintains global standards for the library/bibliographic environment: • Functional Requirements family of models for • Bibliographic Records (FRBR) • Authority Data (FRAD) • Subject Authority Data (FRSAD) • International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD) • Catalogue record structure and content • UNIMARC • Catalogue and Authority record data format • Based on ISBD
- 3. IFLA has its own namespace “http://iflastandards.info” Used for representation of models, schemas, and terminologies as element sets and value vocabularies in Resource Description Framework Supports conversion of bibliographic records to library linked data without loss of information Element sets and vocabularies maintained in the Open Metadata Registry
- 4. • 7 official languages • Bibliographic standards developed in English • Translated into many (7++) languages Multilingual website launched February 2013 with Spanish version
- 5. Opaque URIs
- 7. Translation issues Scope Priority for developers: Element definition and label Priority for users: Concept label and definition Style (verbal phrasing, CamelCase, etc.) What is ok in one language may not be in another Source Translation of namespace vs source documentation Disambiguation Methods for creating unique labels may vary between languages Language inflection (not an issue in English)
- 8. Partial translation Local schedule
- 9. … for authoritative translations of IFLA cataloguing standards and related documents.
- 11. 26+ languages
- 12. Thank you! [email protected] http://iflastandards.info/ns/fr/ http://iflastandards.info/ns/isbd/ MulDiCat http://metadataregistry.org/vocabulary/show/id/ 299.html UNIMARC Real soon now