previously ……

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nlscotland/ the commonsthe commonsflickflickrr

more about …

Mr. Connery, 69, grew up in a poor apartment in Edinburgh.

Photograph of a four storey tenement in Buccleuch St

Einweihung der neuen Wohnung

web 3.0

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linked open data

it’s the next phase of the web

it’s the transition from documents to metadata

it’s about meaning

it’s about linking things together

it’s about openness

it’s about time we did something ….

the meaning bit

What do you mean?

The King's Speech & the John Murray connection

Lionel Logue, speech therapist to King George VI, was introduced at Buckingham Palace by publisher John Murray.

http://www.nls.uk/news

Oh, you mean …

The <film>King's Speech </film> & the <collection>John Murray</collection> connection

<person>Lionel Logue</person>, <occupation> speech therapist</occupation> to<person>King George VI</person>, was introduced at <place>Buckingham Palace </place>by publisher <organisation>John Murray </organisation>.

Lots of meaning …

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we are quite good at meaning

and good things can happen when you are good at meaning….

the linking bit

We need to extend this …..

into semantic “triples”…..

subject

predicate

object

this thing

has property

something

this digital object

subject

tenements

date

1929

colour

black & whitepubsEdinburgh

place

To this, what a machine “understands”…

<rdf:Description rdf:about="dod:74548028"><rda:titleProper xml:lang="en">Buccleuch Street no.125. Ref. No.161. Area

W</rda:titleProper><dct:subject rdf:resource="lcsh:sh85133852#concept"/><dct:subject rdf:resource="lcsh:sh85139691#concept"/><dct:subject rdf:resource="lcsh:sh85093349#concept"/><dct:subject rdf:resource="lcsh:sh85004178#concept"/><dct:subject rdf:resource="lcsh:sh85147274#concept"/><dct:subject rdf:resource="viaf:88873525" /><rda:contentType rdf:resource="rdaContentType:1014"/><rda:mediaType rdf:resource="rdaMT:1003"/> <rda:carrierType rdf:resource="rdaCarrierType:1018"/><rda:colourOfStillImage rdf:resource="rdaCollStillImage:1001" /><dct:format rdf:resource="mimetype:jpeg"/><rda:fileType rdf:resource="rdaFileType:1004"/><rdarole:photographer>Rushbrook, Alfred, 1867-1937</rdarole:photographer><rda:dateOfPublication rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#gYear">

1929</rda:dateOfPublication><dct:coverage rdf:resource=”e-uk-st" /><rda:publishersName rdf:resource="viaf:132075128"/><rda:uniformResourceLocator> http://digital.nls.uk/pageturner.cfm?id=74506828</rda:uniformResourceLocator> </rdf>

so that’s the linking bit

the open bit

we just need tolet the metadata go

and when you putmeaning

andlinking

andopenness

together you get ….

web 3.0

so what …. ?

• we’ve got great data about great resources• helps people find stuff in context• helps machines help people find stuff in content• multi-lingual• gets our metadata out of silos• allows others to re-use our data• it’s already started ….

where to start ?

• Manuscripts

• Digital Archive

• Scottish

you may now take a shot of tequila

LOD cloudNLS

thank you!

with thanks to mark goetz & edward tufte for reminding uswith thanks to mark goetz & edward tufte for reminding us

http://markandrewgoetz.com/blog/index.php/2009/11/my-new-wallpaper/

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• bontjas = nedSH:12345

• nedSH:12345

• “is like” lcsh:67890

• lcsh:67890 = fur coats (english)

• lcsh:67890 = pelzmantel(german)

• lcsh:67890 = 皮のコート(japanese)