1) The document discusses creating a Linked Data index of library institutions by minting URIs for libraries using their stable identifiers (ISILs) and domains.
2) Existing library databases are being converted to provide basic information about libraries like names, addresses, and contacts using standards like FOAF and vCard.
3) The quality of the data could be enhanced by having libraries provide information directly through RDFa on their websites, making the data more up-to-date than existing databases.
1. A Linked Data based index of
library institutions
Felix Ostrowski
ostrowski@hbz-nrw.de
Talis Open Day: Linked Data and Libraries
Wednesday 21st July 2010
British Library Conference Centre
2. Background
For various reasons, we (will) need
to link to libraries and related
organisations
Libraries don't have URIs
Minting URIs is easy, since they have
stable „non-web“ identifiers (ISILs):
http://lobid.org/organisation/DE-605
Domain + ISIL = Done!?
3. But what about some
„useful information“?
Convert existing databases to provide
information „using the standards“:
Database of German libraries
MARC Organization Codes Search
Currently only very basic information
(name, address and contact, using FOAF
and vCard)
In the long run, use the Library Ontology
4.
5.
6. How to enhance the
quality of the data?
Source databases
differ in detail
are often outdated
Provide editing capabilities? No,
because libraries have websites!
Usually only human readable
RDFa turns the website into a
machine readable interface
Further reading: Nodalities blog post
