Unlocking Doors: recent initiatives in open and linked data at the National Library of Scotland
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Transcript of Unlocking Doors: recent initiatives in open and linked data at the National Library of Scotland
unlocking doorsrecent initiatives in open and linked data at
National Library of Scotland
Gill HamiltonDigital Access Manager
agenda
o"widening access to knowledge"
oopening data to social media services
othe move to open data
ofinding our way with linked open data
widening access to knowledge
"we will make
digital resources accessible
through
communications media
which are effective in
promoting the use and discovery
of our collections."
widening access to knowledge
"we will improve
access to our collections
by finding
new ways
for our users to
interact with us
and
others."
social media services
Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/nlscotland
•2,500 images•1,500 views per day•1.8 million views in total•10% have comments
social media services
Flickr52,000 views
114 favorited
20 comments"It is a Lee Enfield gun .."
"I'm doing a presentation,
may I use the image?" http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlscotland/3012796098/
social media services
You102 videos
300,000 views
186 comments
"Fab wee motor."
"My parents had one of these"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9l01vy7y3w
Tube
social media services
Licensing, copyright and rights•out of copyright and/or copyright owner•to gain benefits you must give away
some or all control•Flickr The Commons
social media services
Lessons learned....•minimal investment for improved access•taster of the Library's collections•the world is full of knowledgeable people•to gain benefits you have to give something up•findability beyond the Library website•open ... but not open enough
open data
is the concept that data
is made available
so others can use
and re-use it
without restrictions
of copyright
or control mechanisms
open data
then you can license it as you wish
if you create or own the resource
then you can license it as you wish
if you created the metadata
open data
CC.0
open data
The 5 easy steps to open data
1.licensed
2.structured
3.documented
4.published5.publicised"Give us raw data and give it to us NOW!"
open data
The 5 easy steps to open data•licensed
CC.O
•structured Solr XML, MARC21, Dublin Core
•documented don't make assumptions
•published thedatahub
•publicised twitter, blog, conference
open data
http://thedatahub.org/dataset/nls-forthbridge
linked open data
What we don't have .... experience
skills
resources
What we do have ... great data
lots of enthusiasm
friends to help
linked open data
What we did until April 2012
stop ... start ... stop ... start ... stop ... start•went to school to learn RDF•tried mapping our data to DC Terms•tried to discover URIs•created RDF for a single resource•wondered what to do next•wondered if it was worth our while
linked open data
And then we spoke to our friends:
freeYourMetadata.org
"you should use Google Refine to discover URIs"
Open Knowledge Foundation
"use theDataHub.org for publishing & use CC.0"
Metadata Management Associates
"let us help you model your data because we
have a theory ..."
linked open data
DODdata
local & closed global & openXSLT
LOD in DC
structure tDescription.titletKeyword.keywordtWho.who
linked open data
DODdata
local & closed
global & open
DOD in LOD
structure tDescription.titletKeyword.keywordtWho.who
linked open data
DODdata
local & closed
global & open
DOD in LOD
RDF
map
MARC
ISBD
DC
EDM
structure tDescription.titletKeyword.keywordtWho.who
linked open data
linked open data
linked open data
Challenges with vocabularies we use
• Arts & Architecture Thesaurus•Thesaurus for Geographic Names•LC Subject Headings•LC Name Authority•Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
linked open data
AAT label LCSH Dewey TGM
Cantilever bridges sh85016866Cantilever bridgesskos:exactMatch
624.219Cantilever bridgesskos:exactMatch
not found
Construction (assembling)
sh99005337constructionskos:broadMatch
624Civil engineering skos:relatedMatch
tgm002475constructionskos:broadMatch
Railroad bridges Sh85110864Railroad bridgesskos:exactMatch
385.312The way skos:closeMatch
tgm008548Railroad bridgesskos:exactMatch
TGN label GeoNames Dewey
Forth Bridge 6695705Forth Bridgeskos:exactMatch
388.132094134Bridges—Edinburghskos:broadMatch
Forth, Firth of 2649175Firth of Forthskos:exactMatch
551.483094131Stirling etcskos:relatedMatch
SKOS mapping propertieshttp://www.w3.org.TR/2009/REC-skos-20090818/#mapping
linked open data
Next (small) steps .... •keep learning .... keep asking!•publish structure and data to theDataHub.org
o Forth Bridgeo Haig photoso Everything!
•think about NLS URIs•record vocabulary URIs at metadata creation•address licensing issues with vocabularies•hope someone uses it!
Thank you ....
References•NLS at Flickr & YouTube
o http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlscotland/o http://www.youtube.com/user/NLofScotland
•NLS at thedatahub o http://thedatahub.org/dataset/nls-forthbridge
•NLS DOD at The Open Metadata Registryo http://metadataregistry.org/schemaprop/list/schema_id/64.html
•Open Knowledge Foundationo http://okfn.org/
•Metadata Management Associateso http://managemetadata.com/
•freeyourmetadata.org•thedatahub.org
MeGill [email protected]