The Web of Data is Our Opportunity

OCLC Webinar - 07. Dezember 2015

The Web of Data is Our Opportunity

Richard WallisTechnology Evangelist

[email protected] @rjw





Independent Consultant, Evangelist & Founder Data Liberate

Richard Wallis


Chair of:

• Schema Bib Extend W3C Community Group

Richard Wallis


Chair of:

• Schema Bib Extend W3C Community Group• Schema.org for bibliographic data• bib.schema.org

Richard Wallis


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• BiblioGraph.net• Bibliographic Schema.org extension vocabulary

Richard Wallis


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• Schema Architypes W3C Community Group• Schema.org for archives data• archives.schema.org ?

Richard Wallis


Currently Working With:

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• OCLC

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• OCLC• Google – on the Schema.org site and vocabulary

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• OCLC• Google – on the Schema.org site and vocabulary• FIBO – Financial Industry Business Ontology

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RecordTitle: "War and Peace" Author: "Leo Tolstoy 1828-‐1910" ISBN: 0307266931

Type: Work Name: "War and Peace" Author: http://worldcat.org/entity/person/id/1234

Entity (http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/115206288)

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Type: Person Name: "Leo Tolstoy " Born: 1828 Died: 1910 Birthplace: http://worldcat.org/entity/place/id/8976

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Type: Person Name: "Leo Tolstoy " Born: 1828 Died: 1910 Birthplace: http://worldcat.org/entity/place/id/8976

Entity (http://worldcat.org/entity/person/id/1234)

Type: Place Name: "Yasnaya Polyana" SameAs: http://geonames.org/468686

Entity (http://worldcat.org/entity/place/id/8976)

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Where are

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Open Linked Data -‐ Silos

Library Linked Data

British Library

German National Library

Spanish National Library

Swedish National Library


Library Linked Data

British Library





Library Linked Data

British Library





Library Linked Data

British Library





Library Linked Data

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Library Linked Data

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Open Linked Data -‐ SilosBehind A Vocabulary Barrier

Library Linked Data

A general purpose vocabulary for describing things on the web


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• Linked Data • Embedded in HTML

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• Linked Data • Embedded in HTML• RDFa, Microdata, JSON-‐LD

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• Linked Data • Embedded in HTML• RDFa, Microdata, JSON-‐LD• Descriptive data• Active links

"15% of the Web"

• Foundation for the future of bibliographic description

• Foundation for the future of bibliographic description• Eventual replacement for Marc 21


• Identify information entities



• Conversion from Marc




• Publish in RDF – Linked Data




• Publish in RDF – Linked Data

• White PaperCommon Ground: Exploring Compatibilities between the Linked Data Models of the Library of Congress and OCLC

http://oc.lc/CommonGround



Contest?

Contest?No Contest!

Contest?No Contest!

Use appropriate vocabulariesfor your data

Contest?No Contest!

Use appropriate vocabulariesfor your data

Schema.org: to share with the web

Why Catalog?

Why Catalog?So we can find things


Why Share on the Web?


Why Share on the Web?

So today’s users can find our things

Where are our users?

Where are our users?

Entities: Getting from here to there

Data from oneconverted record doesnot an entity make



Transformation into Linked Data is just a beginning …



Transformation into Linked Data is just a beginning …• Mine and analyse the aggregate



Transformation into Linked Data is just a beginning …• Mine and analyse the aggregate• Identify, map, merge -‐ evidence based



Transformation into Linked Data is just a beginning …• Mine and analyse the aggregate• Identify, map, merge -‐ evidence based• Relate to external sources



Transformation into Linked Data is just a beginning …• Mine and analyse the aggregate• Identify, map, merge -‐ evidence based• Relate to external sources• Establish the entities


http://www.opte.org/

In A Web of Data

http://www.opte.org/

In A Web of Data

person place

object concept

organization work

Entities of Initial Focus

person place

object concept

organization work


person place

object concept

organization workwork


person place

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organization workwork

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Embedding Linked Data in the Web


Schema.org


Collaborating on BIBFRAME

• Working with the Library of Congress and others to finalize the BIBFRAME standard


• Working with the Library of Congress and others to finalize the BIBFRAME standard

• Beginning to explore what working with it at scale will mean


Working With the Web

• Modelling bibliographic data using Schema.org


• Modelling bibliographic data using Schema.org• Collaborating on expanding the Schema.org with

additional bibliographic elements at bib.schema.org


• Modelling bibliographic data using Schema.org• Collaborating on expanding the Schema.org with

additional bibliographic elements at bib.schema.org• Syndicating WorldCat data to search engines using

Schema.org markup


Piloting new services

• Person Entity Lookup service – Send in an ID, get description

• Or just PersonID • Or just SameAs IDs

– Started in September 2015

– Participants: – Cornell – Harvard – Library of Congress – National Library of Medicine – National Library of Poland – Stanford University – University of California Davis

Piloting new services

Exploring Ways to Use Linked Data

Exploring Ways to Use Linked Data

OCLC’s linked data resources

WorldCat Catalog: 15 billion triples

WorldCat Works: 5 billion RDF triples

FAST: 23 million

triples

VIAF: 2 billion triples

ISNI: 10-50 million triples

DDC: 300 million triples

For More Information

Improving the Discovery Experience

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Improving Web Discovery of Library Materials

WorldCat Works Linked Data Released

Unique Visitors to WorldCat

Title: Journey to the West Language: English Translator: Anthony C. Yu Date: 1977 IsTranslationOf:

Title: Journey to the West Language: English Translator: W. J. F. Jenner Date: 1982-1984 IsTranslationOf:

Title: 西遊記 Language: Chinese Author: 吳承恩 Created: 1592 HasTranslation:

Title: Tây du ký bình khảo Language: Vietnamese Translator: Phan Quân Date: 1980 IsTranslationOf:

Title: ⻄西遊記 Language: Japanese Translator: 中野美代⼦子 Date: 1986 IsTranslationOf:

Title: Pilgerfahrt Language: German Translator: Georgette Boner Date: 1983 IsTranslationOf:

Linking Translations Appropriately

Bringing Authority Control to the Web

Many great Library Linked Data Initiatives

butMany great Library Linked

Data Initiatives


Data Initiatives

If users can't discover our resources


Data Initiatives


What is the point?


Data Initiatives


What is the point?

Give the Web what it wants!

Linked Data has benefits for library workflows ….

….by giving the Web what it wants







