The document discusses Lec Maj's presentation on linked open data, end-users, and applications at the American Art Collaborative Linked Open Data Meeting. It provides details on Maj's role at the Yale Center for British Art and the projects they have been working on to create linked open data including connecting data between the YCBA and other institutions like the British Museum. It also showcases some open applications that have been created using the YCBA linked open data like an ecard app and an exhibit objects app.

1. Lec
Maj
lec.maj@yale.edu
Head
of
Informa5on
Technology
Yale
Center
for
Bri5sh
Art
(YCBA)
“Linked
Open
Data,
end-­‐users,
and
applica5ons”
by
Lec
Maj
@
AAC
LOD
2013
Linked
Open
Data
Tools
and
Users
American
Art
Collabora5ve
Linked
Open
Data
Mee5ng

2. Q:
Did
I
“check
the
weather”
today?
A:
YES,
above
weather
info
comes
from
linked
data.
SIRI,
Google
Android,
&
Glass
also
provide
the
answer
from
linked
data
sources.
“Linked
Open
Data,
end-­‐users,
and
applica5ons”
by
Lec
Maj
@
AAC
LOD
2013
Q:
Did
I
“use
Linked
Data”
today?

3. Who
and
what
are
we
working
on?
• Began
with
access
to
online
collec5ons
via
website
[2010]
• Extended
XML
data
provider,
[2011]
in
use
by:
• In
2012
began
crea5ng
unified
LOD
based
on
CIDOC-­‐CRM
and
other
(SKOS,
RDFS,
etc.)
ontologies
with:
• 2013/14
interconnec5ng
various
data
points:
“Linked
Open
Data,
end-­‐users,
and
applica5ons”
by
Lec
Maj
@
AAC
LOD
2013

4. SPARQL
SPARQL
Architecture
and
Process
Gallery
Systems
TMS
System
Simula5on
LTD
Index+
Yale
Center
for
Bri5sh
Art
(YCBA)
Bri5sh
Museum
(BM)
LIDO
XML
Data
Files
Index+
XML
Data
Files
Batch
Scripts
COBOAT
RDF
XML
Data
Files
RDF
XML
Data
Files
OWLIM
SE
Triple
Store
OWLIM
SE
Triple
Store
RDFer
RDFer
• COBOAT
–
CogApp
applica5on
sponsored
by
Online
Computer
Library
Center
(OCLC)
• Batch
Scripts
–
Tools
specific
to
Bri5sh
Museum
export
of
data
from
Index+
to
XML
data
files.
• LIDO
–
Lightweight
Informa5on
Describing
Object
standard
• RDF
–
Resource
Descrip5on
Framework
XML
files
u5lizing
various
ontologies
(CRM,
SKOS,
etc.)
“Cross
organiza+on
data
harmoniza+on
and
access,
linked
data
decentralized
approach”
Maj,
Mahmud,
Delmas-­‐Glass
–
CIDOC
2012
cURL
POST
.net
App

5. Proposed
Data
Exchange
Architecture
Possible
Partner
Applica;on
Layer
Device
Layer
SPARQL
Yale
/
YCBA
SPARQL
Bri5sh
Museum
SPARQL
OCLC
WorldCat
SPARQL
Google
Books
SPARQL
Library
of
Congress
SPARQL
Open
PHACTS
Federa5on
Network
Latency
Manager
Linked
Data
Repositories
with
End-­‐Points
Federated
Virtualiza;on
Layer
(TBD)
SPARQL
SPARQL
Availability
Manager
SPARQL
“Cross
organiza+on
data
harmoniza+on
and
access,
linked
data
decentralized
approach”
Maj,
Mahmud,
Delmas-­‐Glass
–
CIDOC
2012

6. Courtesy:
Dominic
Oldman
@
Bri5sh
Museum,
Research
Space
Federated
YCBA
and
Rembrandt
Data

7. YCBA
Linked
Open
Data
“Linked
Open
Data,
end-­‐users,
and
applica5ons”
by
Lec
Maj
@
AAC
LOD
2013
• Internal
(Pain5ngs
to
Frames,
Objects
to
Objects)
–
Ms
Prue
+
Frame
=
Aggregate
Object
• Museums
(YCBA,
BM,
and
V&A)
–
Sample
of
Hadleigh
Castle
from
BM,
V&A,
and
YCBA
• Within
Yale
(To
Museums,
Music
School,
Professional
Schools,
Yale
Website
(Drupal
and
WordPress)
• Geky
Vocabularies
(TGN,
AAT)
–
Awai5ng
LOD
(as
of
4/2013)
• OCLC,
VIAF
• Google
Books
and
YouTube
(limited
basis)
• LOC
Authority
for
Name
• SameAs.org

8. Is
our
Linked
Open
Data
truly
open?
“Linked
Open
Data,
end-­‐users,
and
applica5ons”
by
Lec
Maj
@
AAC
LOD
2013
What
is
CORS
about?
CORS
is
a
specifica5on
that
enables
truly
open
access
across
domain
boundaries.
hkp://www.w3.org/wiki/CORS_Enabled
Simply
put,
anyone
can
write
any
apps
to
get
at
our
data
(inc.
JavaScript,
JQuery,
JSON,
etc.)

9. YCBA
Linked
Open
Data
(via
Pubby)
“Linked
Open
Data,
end-­‐users,
and
applica5ons”
by
Lec
Maj
@
AAC
LOD
2013

10. Open
App:
Ecard
“Linked
Open
Data,
end-­‐users,
and
applica5ons”
by
Lec
Maj
@
AAC
LOD
2013
programmed
by
Iyob
G.
Uses
OWLIM
FTS
for
full
text
search

11. Open
App:
Exhibit
Objects
“Linked
Open
Data,
end-­‐users,
and
applica5ons”
by
Lec
Maj
@
AAC
LOD
2013
programmed
by
Daniel
A.
Uses
CRM:P12i_was_present_at
for
events

12. Open
App:
Subject
Maps
“Linked
Open
Data,
end-­‐users,
and
applica5ons”
by
Lec
Maj
@
AAC
LOD
2013
programmed
by
Daniel
A.
Uses
RDF:WGS84_pos
for
GIS
for
mapping

13. Open
App:
Rela5onship
Builder
“Linked
Open
Data,
end-­‐users,
and
applica5ons”
by
Lec
Maj
@
AAC
LOD
2013
programmed
by
Daniel
A.
Uses
CRM:P16i_was_used_for
aggregate

14. Open
Collec5ons:
Related
Objects
Related
Artwork:
BM,
V&A,
etc.
Art
objects
Book
objects
“Linked
Open
Data,
end-­‐users,
and
applica5ons”
by
Lec
Maj
@
AAC
LOD
2013

15. Needed
tools
“Linked
Open
Data,
end-­‐users,
and
applica5ons”
by
Lec
Maj
@
AAC
LOD
2013
• Visual
drag-­‐and-­‐drop
ontology
mapping
tools
similar
to
Yahoo
Pipes

16. Needed
tools
“Linked
Open
Data,
end-­‐users,
and
applica5ons”
by
Lec
Maj
@
AAC
LOD
2013
• Data
verifica5on
from
crowd-­‐sourcing
efforts
as
in
curators
or
Mechanical
Turk
or
Facebook
• Replace
the
tradi5onal
Collec5ons
Management
System
with
web
based
interac5ve
tools
• Embrace
new
tools
as
Drupal,
Wordpress,
etc.
for
cataloging

17. What
are
researchers
looking
for?
• What
are
all
objects
across
the
globe
produced
in
reference
to
John
Constable?
• Who
did
John
Constable
inspire?
• What
objects
were
created
along
what
point
in
5me
and
place
on
the
grand
tour?
• What
related
types
of
objects
are
in
existence
• What
drawings
were
created
and
owned
by
Paul
Sandby
(analysis
of
image
markings
to
iden5fy
marks
on
them)
• History
map
of
ownership
migra5on
for
Sandby’s
drawings
• Compare
composi5ons
of
water
colors
to
other
objects
to
help
speculate
ar5s5c
models
(how
was
the
work
influenced,
how
it
is
treated
by
various
ar5sts)
hkp://collec5on.bri5shart.yale.edu/id/object/178
“Linked
Open
Data,
end-­‐users,
and
applica5ons”
by
Lec
Maj
@
AAC
LOD
2013

18. Lec
Maj
lec.maj@yale.edu
Head
of
Informa5on
Technology
Yale
Center
for
Bri5sh
Art
(YCBA)
“Linked
Open
Data,
end-­‐users,
and
applica5ons”
by
Lec
Maj
@
AAC
LOD
2013
Is
my
ins5tu5on
authority
for
any
data?
• Objects
in
our
Collec5on
• Exhibi5ons
/
Events
we
produce
• Publica5ons
• Conserva5on
• Mul5media
• etc…