BIBFRAME Transisition Update

Bibliographic Framework Initiative Update

MARC Linked Data Model

Library of CongressWashington, DC

July 16, 2012

Eric [email protected]

Friday, September 7, 2012

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About

• Helps organizations use the Web to connect, curate, analyze and augment data assets across system boundaries

• Pioneers in the Web and provide much of the vision and technical foundation for the next generation of the Web.

• Leaders in communities for open source, open standards, collaboration across industry, government, NGOs and individuals.


Project Members

• Eric

• Co-founder Dublin Core, W3C / MIT Semantic Web Lead

• Vicki

• MLS, local systems, OCLC, MARC, RDA, FRBR

• Uche

• Enterprise Data Architect, XML, RDF, Web Services

• Kathy

• Business Architect, Change Management, Six Sigma Methodologies


Scope of Work

• Review related initiatives

• Translate the MARC 21 format to a Linked Data model

• Evolution not revolution

• Goal of retaining as much as possible the robust and beneficial aspects of the historical format.

• Basis for community discussion / dialog

• Produce prototypes and tools to enable testing and evaluation

• Create a roadmap for moving forward toward refinement, redevelopment or alternative approaches


TimeLine• Mid-May/June

• Analysis of related initiatives

• Initial draft of Linked Data model

• July/August

• Prototype and translation services

• Prototype Linked Data Interfaces

• Refined draft of Linked Data model

• August/Sept

• Linked Data working draft for community review

• Project roadmap and deployment strategic report



Linked Data"a term used to describe a recommended best

practice for exposing, sharing, and

connecting pieces of data, information,

and knowledge on the Semantic Web using

URIs and RDF."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linked_Data




The Power of Recombinant Data


Libraries and Linked Data

• Increased flexibility for describing resources

• More reusable links from one record to another

• New options to contextualize external sources

• Ease of integration of catalogues into general purpose Web and social media

• Lightweight model easier to extend for future needs

• Facilitate re-use of data and ability for developers to incorporate into other apps

• Improved positioning of credible records from libraries within Web search engines


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Analysis ProcessExamine Related Initiatives

• RDA

• FRBR

• British Library

• Die Deutsche Bibliothek

• ONIX / Indecs

• Worldcat

• schema.org


http://www.ddb.de/

http://www.ddb.de/

Analysis ProcessDeconstruct MARC

• Identify Resources reflected in MARC records

• Core vocabularies associated with these MARC Resources

• Types, People, Places, Organization, Topics, etc.

• Provide the building blocks for communities to connect, re-assemble as needed


MARCR - MARC Resource


MARCR - MARC Resource






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Analysis ProcessSupporting Code

• Prototype and translation services

• Mechanism for validating the model

• Shared tooling, experiences to accelerate adoption


Criteria for Success“A Seat at the Table”

• Common ground for accelerating the conversation

• Draft of a code model, serialization, supporting code that provide such a table

• Semantic building blocks that enable communities to connect, re-assemble, and relate to as needed

• Process and procedure for supporting community dialog and evolution


What you can do to help

• Now

• Learn what you can about Linked Data

• Look around a library community initiatives. Don’t be afraid to look outside.

• Share tutorials / links that work for you

• Aug / Sept

• Experiment

• Give feedback / get involved

• The opportunity is yours to shape your future


Thank you!


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