Presentation at MashCat, Cambridge, UK 5th July 2012 - including an insight into WorlCat Linked Data and how to get at it & use it.

1. MashCat - Cambridge UK - 5th July 2012
The Cultural Linked
Data Backbone
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
OCLC
@rjw
The world’s libraries. Connected.

2. Backbone ?

3. Backbone ?

4. Backbone ?
... the backbone of
information for centuries

5. Backbone ?
Libraries Archives
Museums
... the backbone of
information for centuries

6. Libraries Archives
Museums
... today on the Web?

8. DBpedia

9. Backbone Resources

10. Backbone Resources
• Government

11. Backbone Resources
• Government
• Media

12. Backbone Resources
• Government
• Media
• Science

13. Backbone Resources
• Government
• Media
• Science
• Libraries ?

34. British Library Data Model
@prefix blt: <http://data.bl.uk/schema/bibliographic#> . Series Publication Events Key
event:Event
@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
bibo:Series foaf:Agent External
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . dcterms:Agent An Instance Link
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
@prefix dct: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> . MARC country code rdfs:subClassOf
A Class A Literal
@prefix isbd: <http://iflastandards.info/ns/isbd/elements/> . URI
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> . a
@prefix bibo: <http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/> . a geo:SpatialThing rdfs:label blt:PublicationEvent
@prefix rda: <http://RDVocab.info/ElementsGr2/> . 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#> .
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:familyName
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:creator dct:Agent
blt:PersonConcept blt:publication foaf:Person
skos:inScheme foaf:focus a
blt:hasCreated owl:sameAs
rdfs:subClassOf id.loc.gov URI for rdfs:label
scheme rda:periodOfActivityOfThePerson
rdfs:label dct:contributor
dct:subject
Skos:Concept blt:hasContributedTo
Family-as-Concept Resource VIAF URI if available
BL URI dct:subject
BL URI dct:creator
rdfs:subClassOf
a
blt:hasCreated Organization-as-Agent BL
skos:inScheme foaf:focus dct:subject URI
blt:FamilyConcept
dct:contributor
rdfs:label
blt:hasContributedTo
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
skos:inScheme isbd:P1042
(content note)
Dewey Info URI for skos:broader isbd:P1053
Title
skos:notation (extent)
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.1.01 Heather Rosie - Heather.Rosie@bl.uk
1st August 2011 Jan Ashton - Jan.Ashton@bl.uk

35. British Library Data Model
@prefix blt: <http://data.bl.uk/schema/bibliographic#> . Series Publication Events Key
event:Event
@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
bibo:Series foaf:Agent External
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . dcterms:Agent An Instance Link
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
@prefix dct: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> . MARC country code rdfs:subClassOf
A Class A Literal
@prefix isbd: <http://iflastandards.info/ns/isbd/elements/> . URI
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> . a
@prefix bibo: <http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/> . a geo:SpatialThing rdfs:label blt:PublicationEvent
@prefix rda: <http://RDVocab.info/ElementsGr2/> . 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#> .
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:familyName
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:creator dct:Agent
blt:PersonConcept blt:publication foaf:Person
skos:inScheme foaf:focus a
blt:hasCreated owl:sameAs
rdfs:subClassOf id.loc.gov URI for rdfs:label
scheme rda:periodOfActivityOfThePerson
rdfs:label dct:contributor
dct:subject
Skos:Concept blt:hasContributedTo
Family-as-Concept Resource VIAF URI if available
BL URI dct:subject
BL URI dct:creator
rdfs:subClassOf
a
blt:hasCreated Organization-as-Agent BL
skos:inScheme foaf:focus dct:subject URI
blt:FamilyConcept
dct:contributor
rdfs:label
blt:hasContributedTo
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
skos:inScheme isbd:P1042
(content note)
Dewey Info URI for skos:broader isbd:P1053
Title
skos:notation (extent)
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.1.01 Heather Rosie - Heather.Rosie@bl.uk
http://www.bl.uk/bibliographic/pdfs/bldatamodelbook.pdf
1st August 2011 Jan Ashton - Jan.Ashton@bl.uk

36. British Library Data Model
@prefix blt: <http://data.bl.uk/schema/bibliographic#> . Series Publication Events Key
event:Event
@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
bibo:Series foaf:Agent External
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> . dcterms:Agent An Instance Link
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .
@prefix dct: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> . MARC country code rdfs:subClassOf
A Class A Literal
@prefix isbd: <http://iflastandards.info/ns/isbd/elements/> . URI
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> . a
@prefix blt: <http://data.bl.uk/schema/bibliographic#> .
@prefix bibo: <http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/> . a geo:SpatialThing rdfs:label blt:PublicationEvent
@prefix rda: <http://RDVocab.info/ElementsGr2/> . rdfs:label foaf:focus
@prefix bio: <http://purl.org/vocab/bio/0.1/> .
@prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> . Author bibo:issn
@prefix event: <http://purl.org/NET/c4dm/event.owl#> . rdfs:label
Agent bio:Birth
@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .
@prefix org: <http://www.w3.org/ns/org#> . GeoNames URI
@prefix geo: <http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#> . Series a BL URI
BL URI
event:place
Place a
BL URI bio:Death a
LCSH URI if
@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .
id.loc.gov URI for
available
owl:sameAs
dct:isPartOf
CalendarYear
a event:place
event:agent
bio:date a
Birth BL URI
bio:date
rdfs:label
@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .
scheme
skos:inScheme
http://r.d.g/id/year/ Death BL URI
Topic LCSH dct:hasPart xxxx foaf:familyName
BL URI event:time PublicationEvent
a BL URI
blt:TopicLCSH
@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . rdfs:label
dct:BibliographicResource
rdfs:label
bio:event
bio:event
foaf:givenName
foaf:name
@prefix dct: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> .
rdfs:subClassOf
rdfs:label
a
Person-as-Concept
BL URI dct:subject
a
bibo:Book
dct:creator
Person-as-Agent
BL URI
a foaf:Agent
dct:Agent
blt:PersonConcept blt:publication foaf:Person
@prefix isbd: <http://iflastandards.info/ns/isbd/elements/> .
rdfs:subClassOf id.loc.gov URI for
scheme
skos:inScheme
rdfs:label
foaf:focus a
blt:hasCreated
rda:periodOfActivityOfThePerson
owl:sameAs
rdfs:label
dct:contributor
@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .
dct:subject
Skos:Concept blt:hasContributedTo
Family-as-Concept Resource VIAF URI if available
BL URI dct:subject
BL URI dct:creator
rdfs:subClassOf
a
@prefix bibo: <http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/> .
blt:FamilyConcept
skos:inScheme foaf:focus dct:subject
rdfs:label
blt:hasCreated
dct:contributor
blt:hasContributedTo
Organization-as-Agent BL
URI
Family-as-Agent a
@prefix rda: <http://RDVocab.info/ElementsGr2/> .
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
@prefix bio: <http://purl.org/vocab/bio/0.1/> .
blt:OrganizationConcept a Organization-as-Concept
BL URI
dct:subject
Lexvo URI blt:bnb
bibo:isbn10 bibo:isbn13
org:Organization
@prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> .
rdfs:subClassOf
rdfs:label
Identifiers
skos:inScheme
dct:subject
foaf:focus
dct:abstract
dct:tableOfContents
isbd:P1008 dct:title
@prefix event: <http://purl.org/NET/c4dm/event.owl#> .
blt:TopicDDC
id.loc.gov URI for
a
scheme
Dewey
dct:spatial
MARC language
code URI (edition statement)
isbd:P1073
(note on language)
dct:description
dct:alternative
BL URI
@prefix org: <http://www.w3.org/ns/org#> .
Dewey Info URI for
skos:inScheme
Title
skos:notation
skos:broader
isbd:P1042
(content note)
isbd:P1053
scheme Place-as-Concept (extent)
@prefix geo: <http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#> . Dewey Info URI
a
BL URI
owl:sameAs
foaf:focus
Place-as-Thing
BL URI
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.1.01 Heather Rosie - Heather.Rosie@bl.uk
http://www.bl.uk/bibliographic/pdfs/bldatamodelbook.pdf
1st August 2011 Jan Ashton - Jan.Ashton@bl.uk

59. OCLC Linked Data

60. OCLC Linked Data
• Viaf - viaf.org

61. OCLC Linked Data
• Viaf - viaf.org
• FAST - fast.oclc.org/fast

62. OCLC Linked Data
• Viaf - viaf.org
• FAST - fast.oclc.org/fast
• Dewey - dewey.info

63. OCLC Linked Data
• Viaf - viaf.org
• FAST - fast.oclc.org/fast
• Dewey - dewey.info
• WorldCat - worldcat.org

64. OCLC Linked Data
• Viaf - viaf.org
• FAST - fast.oclc.org/fast
• Dewey - dewey.info
• WorldCat - worldcat.org
- Experimental

65. OCLC Linked Data
• Viaf - viaf.org
• FAST - fast.oclc.org/fast
• Dewey - dewey.info
• WorldCat - worldcat.org
- Experimental
- Embedded RDFa only

66. OCLC Linked Data
• Viaf - viaf.org
• FAST - fast.oclc.org/fast
• Dewey - dewey.info
• WorldCat - worldcat.org
- Experimental
- Embedded RDFa only
- ODC-BY

67. OCLC Linked Data
• Viaf - viaf.org
• FAST - fast.oclc.org/fast
• Dewey - dewey.info
• WorldCat - worldcat.org
- Experimental
- Embedded RDFa only
- ODC-BY
- More to come
> Vocabularies & Access methods

68. OCLC Linked Data
• Viaf - viaf.org
• FAST - fast.oclc.org/fast
• Dewey - dewey.info
• WorldCat - worldcat.org
- Experimental
- Embedded RDFa only
- ODC-BY
- More to come
> Vocabularies & Access methods
- www.oclc.org/data.html

69. Libraries Archives
Museums

70. Libraries Archives
Museums
... the cultural
backbone
of the Web of Data?

71. MashCat - Cambridge UK - 5th July 2012
The Cultural Linked
Data Backbone
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
OCLC
@rjw
The world’s libraries. Connected.

72. MashCat - Cambridge UK - 5th July 2012
The Cultural Linked
Data Backbone
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
OCLC
@rjw http://slideshare.net/rjw
The world’s libraries. Connected.