Establishing the Connection: Creating a Linked Data Version of the BNB

Establishing the Connection: Creating a Linked Data Version of the BNB Neil Wilson Head of Metadata Services

Changing Expectations Public Sector Metadata ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Developing an Open Metadata Strategy Choices and Challenges ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

First Steps Toward An Open Metadata Strategy During 2010 We… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Current Status Since August 2010 We Have: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Library Metadata & The Promise of Linked Data ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],‘ Semantic’ Metadata Properties Traditional Library Metadata Properties

Our Linked Data Journey… What to Offer? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Our Linked Data Journey… What do we need to get there? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Our Linked Data Journey… First stage: How To Migrate the Metadata? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Our Linked Data Journey… Second stage: Selecting trusted resources to link to ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Our Linked Data Journey… Third Stage: Matching and Generating Links ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Our Linked Data Journey… MARC to RDF Conversion Workflow 1) Selection In-house utilities / MARC Report Exclusions (CIP; multiparts; serials) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],4) URI creation In-house utilities Create BL URIs in MARC fields) Harvest URIs from external sources 5) Data Transformation MARC Report & MARC 21/RDF XSLT Convert to RDF & Insert URI prefixes ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Our Linked Data Journey… MARC to RDF Conversion Workflow

Our Linked Data Journey… Which took us from here...

Our Linked Data Journey… Via here...

Our Linked Data Journey… To here...

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Our Linked Data Journey… Journey’s End…Point? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Lessons Learned on the Journey General ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Lessons Learned on the Journey Data Issues ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Lessons Learned Along The Way Staff and Resource Issues ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Final Thoughts… For Others Contemplating a Similar Journey ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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