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Linking Library Data Workshop Report
Our workshop Leader: Jindřich Mynarz Photo credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lukask/
Adrian Stevenson, UKOLNELAG 2011 Prague
27th May 2011
Day 1: RDF, SPARQL and Discussion
• Brief look at RDF and SPARQL• Discussion– What constitutes data worth linking to?– How to find datasets suitable for interlinking? – How to make my dataset worth linking to?– How to encourage others to link to my data?– What is the added value of links? – How to determine the quality of a link?
Discussion: What constitutes data worth linking to?
• Size and coverage (e.g., DBPedia)
• Uniqueness - unique content attracts links (e.g., holdings in library setting)
• Completeness
Discussion: How to encourage others to link to my data?
• Make usage simple.• Provide data in
accessible formats.• Provide
downloadable data dumps
• Use open licence
Discussion: What is the added value of links?
• Enrich web sites with information curated elsewhere
• Provides multi-lingual content• Support resource discovery through authority
files, thesauri, synonym lists, etc.• Exploit additional structure imported from
Linked Data sources into our applications
Day 2: Tools
• Worked in Groups Looking at tools• SILK Framework– A Link Discovery Framework for the Web of Data– http://www4.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/bizer/silk/
• LIMES - http://aksw.org/Projects/limes
• Prefix.cc - http://prefix.cc/
• 4store RDF triple store - http://www.4store.org/
Outcomes
• We learnt about RDF, SPARQL, Triples etc • Workshop documents clear and well prepared• Very useful pointers on SPARQL, triple store
tools, and interlinking datasets• Great to try SILK – should be useful for
subject, place and names interlinking across datasets
Outcomes • Workshop a little ‘uncomfortable’ for some
not already familiar with RDF, SPARQL • Steep learning curve, “very programmery”• Useful to have a separate SPARQL workshop• More time to work as a team• Jindřich was very helpful. Thanks!
• More feedback at http://bit.ly/linking-library-data