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The world’s libraries. Connected.
The Simple Power Of The Link
OCLC Asia Pacific Regional Council Meeting Kuala Lumpar, 4 September 2012
Richard Wallis
Technology EvangelistOCLC
@rjw
The world’s libraries. Connected.
The Simple Power Of The Link
The world’s libraries. Connected.
The Simple Power Of The Link
• What is Linked Data
• Who is using it
• What are the benets
• OCLC and Linked Data
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data
• What is Linked Data
• Who is using it
• What are the benets
• OCLC and Linked Data
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Web?Semantic
The world’s libraries. Connected.
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The world’s libraries. Connected.
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Flash
Javascript
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CSS
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SEO
Microformats RDFa
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The world’s libraries. Connected.
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Linked DataLinked Data
Linked Data
Built on Semantic Web Standards
Linked Data
Linked Data
Built on Semantic Web Standards
All about identifying and linking things
Linked Data
Thing
Identifying things
Identifying things
Identifying things
1969-059A
Identifying things
spacecraft/1969-059A
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Things have attributeshttp://nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A
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Things have attributeshttp://nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A
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United States
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28801.0
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prefName
http://nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A
RDF Triple
RDF Triple
Thing attribute value
property
RDF Triple
Thing value
property
RDF Triple
Thing value
Thing property Thing
property
RDF Triple
Thing value
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../person/A
property
RDF Triple
Thing value
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../person/A hasParent
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Thing value
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Thing value
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Thing value
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../person/B
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RDF Triple
Thing value
Thing property Thing
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name../person/B
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property
“Eric”
RDF Triple
Thing value
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property
“Eric”
RDF Triple
Thing value
Thing property Thing
name../person/B../person/A hasParent
Merging
RDF TripleMerging
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The same identifier in a different place still identifies the same thing
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data PrinciplesLinked Data Principles
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data PrinciplesLinked Data Principles
1. Use URIs as names for things
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data PrinciplesLinked Data Principles
1. Use URIs as names for things
2. Use HTTP URIs so people can look up those names
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data PrinciplesLinked Data Principles
1. Use URIs as names for things
2. Use HTTP URIs so people can look up those names
3. When someone looks up a URI, provide useful information, using the standards - RDF
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data PrinciplesLinked Data Principles
1. Use URIs as names for things
2. Use HTTP URIs so people can look up those names
3. When someone looks up a URI, provide useful information, using the standards - RDF
4. Include links to other URIs, so that they can discover more
Tim Berners-Lee - 2006
The world’s libraries. Connected.
The world’s libraries. Connected.
http://bbc.co.uk/nature/species/Mallard
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http://bbc.co.uk/nature/species/Mallard SameAs
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http://bbc.co.uk/nature/species/Mallard http://dbpedia.org/resource/MallardSameAs
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http://bbc.co.uk/nature/species/Mallard http://dbpedia.org/resource/MallardSameAs
http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl/sameAs
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http://bbc.co.uk/nature/species/Mallard http://dbpedia.org/resource/MallardSameAs
primaryTopic http://blx1.bto.org/birdfacts/../bob1860.htm
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http://bbc.co.uk/nature/species/Mallard http://dbpedia.org/resource/MallardSameAs
depiction http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/. mallard_1.jpg
primaryTopic http://blx1.bto.org/birdfacts/../bob1860.htm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jolieodell/4540783805
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jolieodell/4540783805
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferretsunlimited/499495786
Linked Data
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferretsunlimited/499495786
Linked Data
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Triples
Data Open and/or LinkedData Open and/or Linked
Data Open and/or Linked
1. Data can be open, while not being linked
Data Open and/or Linked
Data Open and/or Linked
1. Data can be open, while not being linked
2. Data can be linked, while not being open
Data Open and/or Linked
Data Open and/or Linked
1. Data can be open, while not being linked
2. Data can be linked, while not being open
3. Data which is both open and linked is increasingly viable
Data Open and/or Linked
Data Open and/or Linked
Paul Walk - UKLON
1. Data can be open, while not being linked
2. Data can be linked, while not being open
3. Data which is both open and linked is increasingly viable
4. The Semantic Web can only function with data which is both open and linked
Data Open and/or Linked
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data
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Linked DataVIAF
http://viaf.orgHTML, RDF/XMLLicense: ODC-BY
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked DataVIAF
http://viaf.orgHTML, RDF/XMLLicense: ODC-BY
Deweyhttp://dewey.infoHTML/RDFa, RDF/XML, Turtle, JSON - SPARQLLicense: CC BY-NC-ND
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked DataVIAF
http://viaf.orgHTML, RDF/XMLLicense: ODC-BY
Deweyhttp://dewey.infoHTML/RDFa, RDF/XML, Turtle, JSON - SPARQLLicense: CC BY-NC-ND
FASThttp://id.worldcat.org/fastHTML, RDF/XML - DownloadLicense: ODC-BY
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data• 270+ Million resources
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data• 270+ Million resources• Schema.org + Library
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data• 270+ Million resources• Schema.org + Library• Embedded RDFa
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data• 270+ Million resources• Schema.org + Library• Embedded RDFa• Links to: Dewey, LCSH
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data• 270+ Million resources• Schema.org + Library• Embedded RDFa• Links to: Dewey, LCSH
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST• License: ODC-BY
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data• 270+ Million resources• Schema.org + Library• Embedded RDFa• Links to: Dewey, LCSH
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST• License: ODC-BY• Experimental - June 2012
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data• 270+ Million resources• Schema.org + Library• Embedded RDFa• Links to: Dewey, LCSH
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST• License: ODC-BY• Experimental - June 2012
Download file
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data• 270+ Million resources• Schema.org + Library• Embedded RDFa• Links to: Dewey, LCSH
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST• License: ODC-BY• Experimental - June 2012
Download file• Most widely held works
(250+ holdings)
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data• 270+ Million resources• Schema.org + Library• Embedded RDFa• Links to: Dewey, LCSH
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST• License: ODC-BY• Experimental - June 2012
Download file• Most widely held works
(250+ holdings)
• 1.2 Million resources(80 million triples)
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data• 270+ Million resources• Schema.org + Library• Embedded RDFa• Links to: Dewey, LCSH
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST• License: ODC-BY• Experimental - June 2012
Download file• Most widely held works
(250+ holdings)
• 1.2 Million resources(80 million triples)
• Schema.org + Library
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data• 270+ Million resources• Schema.org + Library• Embedded RDFa• Links to: Dewey, LCSH
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST• License: ODC-BY• Experimental - June 2012
Download file• Most widely held works
(250+ holdings)
• 1.2 Million resources(80 million triples)
• Schema.org + Library• License: ODC-BY
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data• 270+ Million resources• Schema.org + Library• Embedded RDFa• Links to: Dewey, LCSH
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST• License: ODC-BY• Experimental - June 2012
Download file• Most widely held works
(250+ holdings)
• 1.2 Million resources(80 million triples)
• Schema.org + Library• License: ODC-BY• August 2012
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data• 270+ Million resources• Schema.org + Library• Embedded RDFa• Links to: Dewey, LCSH
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST• License: ODC-BY• Experimental - June 2012
http://www.oclc.org/data/attribution.html
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked Data
The world’s libraries. Connected.
Linked DataVIAF: http://viaf.org
Dewey: http://dewey.info
FAST: http://id.worldcat.org/fast
WorldCat: http://www.worldcat.org
WorldCat Most Widely Held Download: http://purl.oclc.org/dataset/WorldCatMostHighlyHeld
ODC-BY Attribution Guidelines: http://www.oclc.org/data/attribution.html
data@oclc.org
The world’s libraries. Connected.
The Simple Power Of The Link
OCLC Asia Pacific Regional Council Meeting Kuala Lumpar, 4 September 2012
Richard Wallis
Technology EvangelistOCLC
@rjw