RDA and Linked Data: Encoding Standards, RDF, Beethoven, and Linked Data Best Practices
In this content, you will explore the relationship between RDA (Resource Description and Access) and Linked Data. It covers the concept of encoding RDA data, an introduction to RDF (Resource Description Framework), and showcases how Beethoven's compositions are linked using URIs. Additionally, the best practices of Linked Data for sharing information on the web are highlighted.
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RDA and Linked Data Steve Henry University of Maryland March 2, 2013
Encoding RDA Data One more time: RDA is a content standard not a display standard It is also not an encoding standard Examples so far have shown RDA in a MARC environment But RDA is also designed to be flexible. Can be encoded in MODS, Dublin Core, etc . and in RDF
The Briefest Intro to RDF That Has Ever Been
RDF -Resource Description Framework RDF is a Web standard for describing any thing, concept, or relationship Each thing, concept, and relationship is represented by a globally unique URI Relationships between these entities are represented by RDA triples in the form: subject, predicate, object For example
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Symphonies, no. 1, op. 21, C major has composer Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97075604 http://rdvocab.info/roles/ composer http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79107741
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97075604 http://rdvocab.info/roles/ composer http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79107741
Linked Data A set of best practices for Sharing data On the Web In machine-readable form Four rules Provide a URI Make the URI an HTTP URL Provide interesting information Link to other URIs so more things can be discovered
Hey. Were Doing Linked Data!
What about bibliographic records
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80050147 http://umaryland.worldcat.org/oclc/10262450 http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_40.714_- 74.006.html
BIBFRAME Full name: Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative Initiative of the Library of Congress Essentially a linked data model for library bibliographic data Potential replacement/supplement for MARC
BIBFRAME Each instance gets a URI Relationships between works, instances, authorities, places, recorded Needs to be harmonized with FRBR Expressions? FRBR seen as an abstract model BIBFRAME is a Web implementation
BIBFRAME Timeline May 2011: Initiative announced May 2012. Zepheira contracted Fall 2012. Use cases tested November 2012. Bibliographic Framework as a Web of Data (high-level model) October and December 2012. Face-to-face meetings with early experimenters
Early Experimenters British Library Deutsche National Bibliotek DNB George Washington University Library National Library of Medicine Princeton Library
Bibliography https://delicious.com/spurioso/tag_bundle/Lin kedData Great introductory video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x_xzT5eF5Q http://linkeddata.org/ http://bibframe.org/ http://listserv.loc.gov/listarch/bibframe.html http://rdvocab.info/
Linked Data RDA Discovery MDR BIBFRAME
Some examples of how all this fits together
Talk to vendors Show them MDR Ask them what their plans are for L.D. Follow BIBFRAME development Bibframe.org bibframe@listserv.loc.gov Look for RDA records in your discovery tools Think about search strategies Ask a cataloger for help! Link your data Discographies, bibliographies, thematic catalogs Digital Humanities projects
