1.
Linked Open Data
for Libraries, Archives, and Museums
Presented by: Julie
Bobby
Claire
Rafael

2.
• Origins in electronic library catalogs from
the 1970s (e.g., WorldCat, which was
created in 1971)
• Moreover, the development of library
standards, such as MARC or Z39.50, were
designed only for the library community in
the 1960s and 1970s, respectively.
• This legacy has complicated efforts to join
that wider search stream, and it also led
burgeoning web entities such as DBpedia,
which offers a Semantic Web mirror of
Wikipedia, to originally bypass library data
Source Kelley, M. (2011, Aug. 31), How the W3C Has Come To Love Library Linked Data. Library Journal Retrieved April 20, 2012 from
http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/891826-264/how_the_w3c_has_come.html.csp
LOD/LAM: Library Origins

3.
• LODLAM initiative product of increasingly connected culture (MIT Sloan
school, NEH, Internet Archive)
• Since January 2011, the International Linked Open Data in Libraries,
Archives, and Museums Summit (“LOD-LAM”) have convene leaders in
their respective areas of expertise from the humanities and sciences “to
catalyze practical, actionable approaches to publishing Linked Open Data,
specifically:
• Identify the tools and techniques for publishing and working with Linked Open Data.
• Draft precedents and policy for licensing and copyright considerations regarding the
publishing of library, archive, and museum metadata.
• Publish definitions and promote use cases that will give LAM staff the tools they need
to advocate for Linked Open Data in their institutions.”
Source: “About,” LODLAM (2012) Retrieved April 20, 2012 http://lod-lam.net/summit/about/
The LOD/LAM
Intiative

4.
Data for Libraries Archives
and Musuem grew over
1000% in 2010

5.
Linked Open Data Principles
1. Use URIs as names for things
1. Use HTTP URIs so that people can look up those names
1. When someone looks up a URI, provide useful
information using standards (RDF, SPARQL)
1. Include links to other URIs so that they can discover more
things
2. Use HTTP URIs so that people can look up those
names
3. When someone looks up a URI, provide useful
information using standards (RDF, SPARQL)
4. Include links to other URIs so that others can discover
more things

6.
RDF Triples
Subject ObjectPredicate
Knows
http://futurama.com/reaccuringcharacters/robot-devil
http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/knows
http://futurama.com/maincharacters/phillip-j-fry
Ontologies
FOAF (Friend of a Friend) – Defines personal relationships
Geonames – defines names of places
SKOS - defines various taxonomies

7.
Query Languages:
SPARQL
PREFIX abc: <http://xmlns.com/futuramauniverse/1.01>
SELECT ?capital ?country
WHERE {
?x abc:statename ?capital ;
abc:isCapitalOf ?y .
?y abc:planetname ?planet ;
abc:isOnPlanet abc:OmicronPersei8

8.
Questions and
Discussion