Presentation to the COBISS Conference

1. Linked Data and the
Web of Data:
For Libraries?
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
@rjw
http://consulting.talis.com .
Tuesday, 15 November 11

2. Leading Semantic Web
Technology
http://consulting.talis.com
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3. 40 Year Rich
Metadata Heritage
Leading Semantic Web
Technology
http://consulting.talis.com
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4. Shared Innovation
Ethos
40 Year Rich
Metadata Heritage
Leading Semantic Web
Technology
http://consulting.talis.com
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5. Shared Innovation
Ethos
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6. Library Shared Innovation
Ethos
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7. Library Shared Innovation
Ethos
• Catalog cards
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8. Library Shared Innovation
Ethos
• Catalog cards
• Cooperative cataloguing
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9. Library Shared Innovation
Ethos
• Catalog cards
• Cooperative cataloguing
• MARC
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10. Library Shared Innovation
Ethos
• Catalog cards
• Cooperative cataloguing
• MARC
• Z39.50
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11. Library Shared Innovation
Ethos
• Catalog cards
• Cooperative cataloguing
• MARC
• Z39.50
• OpenURL
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12. Library Shared Innovation
Ethos
• Catalog cards
• Cooperative cataloguing
• MARC
• Z39.50
• OpenURL
• International standards
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13. Library Shared Innovation
Ethos
• Catalog cards
• Cooperative cataloguing
• MARC
• Z39.50
• OpenURL
• International ‘library’ standards
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14. Library Shared Innovation
Ethos
• Catalog cards
• Cooperative cataloguing
• MARC
• Z39.50
• OpenURL
• International ‘library’ standards - sort of
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15. Library Shared Innovation
Ethos
• Catalog cards
• Cooperative cataloguing
• MARC
• Z39.50
• OpenURL
• International ‘library’ standards - sort of
• Web.....
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16. The Web
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17. The Web
HTML
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18. The Web
URL
HTML
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19. The Web
URL
HTML http
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20. The Web
Microformats RDFa Ajax
JQuery XML JSON
CSS3 URL
Javascript
CSS http Flash
HTML
HTML5 DOM SEO
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21. The Web
HTML http URL
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22. The Web
HTML http URL
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23. The Web
HTML http URL
Text text text
text text link
text. Text, text
text text, text.
Text text - text
text - text text
text.
Document
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24. The Web
HTML http URL
Text text text Text text text
text text link text text.Text:
text. Text, text • link
text text, text. • link
Text text - text Text text, text.
text - text text Text text - link
text. text - text text.
Document Document
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25. The Web
HTML http URL
Text text text Text text text
text text link text text.Text:
text. Text, text • link
text text, text. • link
Text text - text Text text, text.
text - text text Text text - link
text. text - text text.
Document Document
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26. The Web
HTML http m /page1
URL
a mple.co
h ttp://ex
Text text text Text text text
text text link text text.Text:
text. Text, text • link
text text, text. • link
Text text - text Text text, text.
text - text text Text text - link
text. text - text text.
Document Document
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27. The Web
HTML http URL
list
k/
.u
/page1
.co
m
a mple.co
eg
h ttp://ex
://
tp
Text text text Text text text
ht
text text link text text.Text:
text. Text, text • link
text text, text. • link
Text text - text Text text, text.
text - text text Text text - link
text. text - text text.
Document Document
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28. The Web
http://example.com/page1 http://eg.co.uk/list
Link
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29. The Web
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leapkye/4407661949
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30. The Web
Powerful
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leapkye/4407661949
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31. The Web
Powerful
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leapkye/4407661949
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32. The Web
Powerful
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leapkye/4407661949
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33. The Web
Powerful
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leapkye/4407661949
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34. The Web
Powerful
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leapkye/4407661949
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35. The Web
Powerful
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leapkye/4407661949
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36. The Web
Powerful
http://www.flickr.com/photos/leapkye/4407661949
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37. The Web
Powerful
Link
Link
Link
Link
Link
Link
Linking at it’s core
©workhorse.com
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38. The Web
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39. The Semantic Web
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40. The Semantic Web
A i
ss
p re
ad
a b
ed
c eiv
R e Flying Cars Technology
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41. Linked Data
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42. Linked Data
Built on Semantic Web Standards
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43. Linked Data
Built on Semantic Web Standards
All about identifying and linking things
Thi ng
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44. Identifying things
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45. Identifying things
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46. Identifying things
1969-059A
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47. Identifying things
1969-059A
spacecraft/1969-059A
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48. Identifying things
1969-059A
spacecraft/1969-059A
nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A
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49. Identifying things
with URIs
1969-059A
spacecraft/1969-059A
nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A
http://nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A
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50. Things have attributes
http://nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A
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51. Things have attributes
http://nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A
28801.0kg
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52. Things have attributes
http://nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A
28801.0kg
Columbia
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53. Things have attributes
http://nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A
28801.0kg
Columbia
Apollo 11 CSM
CSM-107
United States
Cape Canaveral
Saturn 5
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54. http://nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A
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55. http://nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A
.../1969-059A
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56. http://nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A
.../1969-059A
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57. 28801.0
mass .../1969-059A
http://nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A
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58. Apollo 11 CSM
28801.0
name
mass .../1969-059A
http://nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A
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59. Apollo 11 CSM Columbia
name
28801.0 name
mass .../1969-059A
http://nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A
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60. Apollo 11 CSM Columbia
name
28801.0 name
mass .../1969-059A
http://nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A
launch
../launch/
1969-059
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61. Apollo 11 CSM Columbia
name
28801.0 name
mass .../1969-059A 16 July 1969
http://nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A
launch
date
../launch/
1969-059
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62. Apollo 11 CSM Columbia
name
28801.0 name
mass .../1969-059A 16 July 1969
http://nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A
launch
date
../launch/
1969-059
site
Cape
Canaveral
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63. Apollo 11 CSM Columbia
name
28801.0 name
mass .../1969-059A 16 July 1969
http://nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A
launch
date
../launch/
1969-059
site
Cape
Canaveral lat
N 28° 27' 31''
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64. Apollo 11 CSM Columbia
name
28801.0 name
mass .../1969-059A 16 July 1969
http://nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A
launch
date
../launch/
1969-059
site
Cape
Canaveral lat
N 28° 27' 31''
long
W 80° 31' 59''
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65. Apollo 11 CSM Columbia
name
28801.0 name
mass .../1969-059A 16 July 1969
http://nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A
launch
date
../launch/
<../1969-059A> mass 28801.0 . 1969-059
site
<../1969-059A> name “Apollo 11 CSM” .
<../1969-059A> name “Columbia” .
Cape
<../1969-059A> launch <../launch/1969-059> . Canaveral lat
<../launch/1969-059> date 1969-07-16 .
<../launch/1969-059> site <..site/capecanaveral> . N 28° 27' 31''
long
<..site/capecanaveral> lat “N 28° 27' 31''” .
<..site/capecanaveral> long “W 80° 31' 59''” . W 80° 31' 59''
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66. RDF
Apollo 11 CSM Columbia
name
28801.0 name
mass .../1969-059A 16 July 1969
http://nasa.dataincubator.org/spacecraft/1969-059A
launch
date
../launch/
<../1969-059A> mass 28801.0 . 1969-059
site
<../1969-059A> name “Apollo 11 CSM” .
<../1969-059A> name “Columbia” .
Cape
<../1969-059A> launch <../launch/1969-059> . Canaveral lat
<../launch/1969-059> date 1969-07-16 .
<../launch/1969-059> site <..site/capecanaveral> . N 28° 27' 31''
long
<..site/capecanaveral> lat “N 28° 27' 31''” .
<..site/capecanaveral> long “W 80° 31' 59''” . W 80° 31' 59''
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69. RDF Triple
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70. RDF Triple
Thing attribute value
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71. RDF Triple
Thing property value
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72. RDF Triple
Thing property value
Thing property Thing
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73. RDF Triple
Thing property value
Thing property Thing
../person/A
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74. RDF Triple
Thing property value
Thing property Thing
../person/A hasParent
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75. RDF Triple
Thing property value
Thing property Thing
../person/A hasParent ../person/B
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76. RDF Triple
Thing property value
Thing property Thing
../person/A hasParent ../person/B
../person/B
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77. RDF Triple
Thing property value
Thing property Thing
../person/A hasParent ../person/B
../person/B name
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78. RDF Triple
Thing property value
Thing property Thing
../person/A hasParent ../person/B
../person/B name “Eric”
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79. RDF Triple
Merging
Thing property value
Thing property Thing
../person/A hasParent ../person/B
../person/B name “Eric”
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80. RDF Triple
Merging
Thing property value
Thing property Thing
../person/A hasParent ../person/B name “Eric”
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81. RDF Triple
Merging
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82. RDF Triple
Merging
The same identifier in a different place
is still identifying the same thing
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94. Linked Data Principles
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95. Linked Data Principles
1. Use URIs as names for things
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96. Linked Data Principles
1. Use URIs as names for things
2. Use HTTP URIs so people can look up those
names
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97. Linked Data Principles
1. Use URIs as names for things
2. Use HTTP URIs so people can look up those
names
3. When someone looks up a URI, provide useful
information, using the standards RDF
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98. Linked Data Principles
1. Use URIs as names for things
2. Use HTTP URIs so people can look up those
names
3. When someone looks up a URI, provide useful
information, using the standards RDF
4. Include links to other URIs, so that they can
discover more
Tim Berners-Lee - 2006
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100. http://bbc.co.uk/nature/species/Mallard
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101. http://bbc.co.uk/nature/species/Mallard SameAs
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102. http://bbc.co.uk/nature/species/Mallard SameAs http://dbpedia.org/resource/Mallard
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103. s
wl/s ameA
7/o
/2 002/0
w 3.org
/ www.
http:/
http://bbc.co.uk/nature/species/Mallard SameAs http://dbpedia.org/resource/Mallard
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104. http://bbc.co.uk/nature/species/Mallard SameAs http://dbpedia.org/resource/Mallard
primaryTopic http://blx1.bto.org/birdfacts/../bob1860.htm
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105. http://bbc.co.uk/nature/species/Mallard SameAs http://dbpedia.org/resource/Mallard
primaryTopic http://blx1.bto.org/birdfacts/../bob1860.htm
depiction http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/. mallard_1.jpg
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108. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jolieodell/4540783805
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109. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jolieodell/4540783805
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118. British Library Data Model
@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> . Series Publication Events Key
event:Event
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
bibo:Series foaf:Agent External
@prefix dct: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> . dcterms:Agent An Instance Link
@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
@prefix isbd: <http://iflastandards.info/ns/isbd/elements/> .
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> . MARC country code rdfs:subClassOf
A Class A Literal
@prefix bibo: <http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/> . URI
@prefix rda: <http://RDVocab.info/ElementsGr2/> . a
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . a geo:SpatialThing rdfs:label blt:PublicationEvent
@prefix blt: <http://data.bl.uk/schema/bibliographic#> . rdfs:label foaf:focus
@prefix bio: <http://purl.org/vocab/bio/0.1/> .
@prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> .
bibo:issn
Author
@prefix event: <http://purl.org/NET/c4dm/event.owl#> . rdfs:label
@prefix org: <http://www.w3.org/ns/org#> . Agent bio:Birth
Series GeoNames URI a BL URI
@prefix geo: <http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . BL URI
event:place
Place a
BL URI bio:Death a
LCSH URI if
available CalendarYear
event:agent bio:date
dct:isPartOf
event:place bio:date a
id.loc.gov URI for owl:sameAs a Birth BL URI
scheme rdfs:label
skos:inScheme
http://r.d.g/id/year/ Death BL URI
Topic LCSH dct:hasPart xxxx foaf:family_name
BL URI event:time PublicationEvent
a BL URI
blt:TopicLCSH
foaf:givenname
bio:event
rdfs:label
dct:BibliographicResource bio:event
rdfs:label foaf:name
rdfs:label bibo:Book
Person-as-Concept Person-as-Agent
rdfs:subClassOf a dct:subject BL URI
BL URI a foaf:Agent
a dct:Agent
blt:PersonConcept blt:publication foaf:Person
skos:inScheme foaf:focus a dct:creator
owl:sameAs
rdfs:subClassOf id.loc.gov URI for rdfs:label
scheme rdfs:label rda:periodOfActivityOfThePerson
dct:subject
Skos:Concept dct:contributor
Family-as-Concept Resource VIAF URI if available
BL URI dct:subject
BL URI
rdfs:subClassOf dct:creator
a
Organization-as-Agent BL
skos:inScheme foaf:focus URI
blt:FamilyConcept dct:contributor
dct:subject
Family-as-Agent a
id.loc.gov URI for BL URI
scheme rdfs:label
[foaf:name]
rdfs:subClassOf foaf:Agent
dct:language dct:Agent
rdfs:label foaf:focus foaf:Organization
org:Organization
Organization-as-Concept Lexvo URI blt:bnb
blt:OrganizationConcept a dct:subject bibo:isbn10
BL URI bibo:isbn13
rdfs:label dct:subject dct:abstract
skos:inScheme foaf:focus
dct:tableOfContents
rdfs:subClassOf
isbd:P1008 dct:title
Identifiers
id.loc.gov URI for MARC language
code URI (edition statement)
scheme dct:spatial dct:alternative
blt:TopicDDC isbd:P1073 dct:description
a Dewey (note on language)
BL URI
isbd:P1042
skos:inScheme (content note)
Dewey Info URI for skos:broader
isbd:P1053
(extent) Title
skos:notation
scheme Place-as-Concept
BL URI foaf:focus
Place-as-Thing
Dewey Info URI BL URI
a
owl:sameAs rdfs:label
rdfs:label
Miscellaneous literals
a
rdfs:subClassOf
blt:PlaceConcept LCSH URI if
Subject available geo:SpatialThing
Tim Hodson - tim.hodson@talis.com
Corine Deliot - Corine.Deliot@bl.uk
dct:Location Alan Danskin - Alan.Danskin@bl.uk
V.1.00 Heather Rosie - Heather.Rosie@bl.uk
12th July 2011 Jan Ashton - Jan.Ashton@bl.uk
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119. British Library Data Model
@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> . Series Publication Events Key
event:Event
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
bibo:Series foaf:Agent External
@prefix dct: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> . dcterms:Agent An Instance Link
@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
@prefix isbd: <http://iflastandards.info/ns/isbd/elements/> .
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> . MARC country code rdfs:subClassOf
A Class A Literal
@prefix bibo: <http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/> . URI
@prefix rda: <http://RDVocab.info/ElementsGr2/> . a
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . a geo:SpatialThing rdfs:label blt:PublicationEvent
@prefix blt: <http://data.bl.uk/schema/bibliographic#> . rdfs:label foaf:focus
@prefix bio: <http://purl.org/vocab/bio/0.1/> .
@prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> .
bibo:issn
Author
@prefix event: <http://purl.org/NET/c4dm/event.owl#> . rdfs:label
@prefix org: <http://www.w3.org/ns/org#> . Agent bio:Birth
Series GeoNames URI a BL URI
@prefix geo: <http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#> .
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> . BL URI
event:place
Place a
BL URI bio:Death a
LCSH URI if
available CalendarYear
event:agent bio:date
dct:isPartOf
event:place bio:date a
id.loc.gov URI for owl:sameAs a Birth BL URI
scheme rdfs:label
skos:inScheme
http://r.d.g/id/year/ Death BL URI
Topic LCSH dct:hasPart xxxx foaf:family_name
BL URI event:time PublicationEvent
a BL URI
blt:TopicLCSH
foaf:givenname
bio:event
rdfs:label
dct:BibliographicResource bio:event
rdfs:label foaf:name
rdfs:label bibo:Book
Person-as-Concept Person-as-Agent
rdfs:subClassOf a dct:subject BL URI
BL URI a foaf:Agent
a dct:Agent
blt:PersonConcept blt:publication foaf:Person
skos:inScheme foaf:focus a dct:creator
owl:sameAs
rdfs:subClassOf id.loc.gov URI for rdfs:label
scheme rdfs:label rda:periodOfActivityOfThePerson
dct:subject
Skos:Concept dct:contributor
Family-as-Concept Resource VIAF URI if available
BL URI dct:subject
BL URI
rdfs:subClassOf dct:creator
a
Organization-as-Agent BL
skos:inScheme foaf:focus URI
blt:FamilyConcept dct:contributor
dct:subject
Family-as-Agent a
id.loc.gov URI for BL URI
scheme rdfs:label
[foaf:name]
rdfs:subClassOf foaf:Agent
dct:language dct:Agent
rdfs:label foaf:focus foaf:Organization
org:Organization
Organization-as-Concept Lexvo URI blt:bnb
blt:OrganizationConcept a dct:subject bibo:isbn10
BL URI bibo:isbn13
rdfs:label dct:subject dct:abstract
skos:inScheme foaf:focus
dct:tableOfContents
rdfs:subClassOf
isbd:P1008 dct:title
Identifiers
id.loc.gov URI for MARC language
code URI (edition statement)
scheme dct:spatial dct:alternative
blt:TopicDDC isbd:P1073 dct:description
a Dewey (note on language)
BL URI
isbd:P1042
skos:inScheme (content note)
Dewey Info URI for skos:broader
isbd:P1053
(extent) Title
skos:notation
scheme Place-as-Concept
BL URI foaf:focus
Place-as-Thing
Dewey Info URI BL URI
a
owl:sameAs rdfs:label
rdfs:label
Miscellaneous literals
a
rdfs:subClassOf
blt:PlaceConcept LCSH URI if
Subject available geo:SpatialThing
Tim Hodson - tim.hodson@talis.com
Corine Deliot - Corine.Deliot@bl.uk
dct:Location Alan Danskin - Alan.Danskin@bl.uk
http://www.bl.uk/bibliographic/pdfs/datamodelv1_01.pdf
V.1.00 Heather Rosie - Heather.Rosie@bl.uk
12th July 2011 Jan Ashton - Jan.Ashton@bl.uk
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