Presentation to the OCLC EMEARC meeting in Strasbourg 27th February 2013

1. Linked Data and OCLC
Richard
Wallis
Technology
Evangelist
OCLC
@rjw

2. Linked Data and OCLC
@Fascinatingpics

3. @Fascinatingpics

4. @Fascinatingpics

5. @Fascinatingpics

6. @Fascinatingpics

7. @Fascinatingpics

8. Linked Data
The world’s libraries. Connected.

9. Linked Data
• 290+ Million resources
• Schema.org + Extensions
The world’s libraries. Connected.

10. Linked Data
• 290+ Million resources
• Schema.org + Extensions
• Embedded RDFa
The world’s libraries. Connected.

11. Linked Data
• 290+ Million resources
• Schema.org + Extensions
• Embedded RDFa
• Links to: Dewey, LCSH
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST
The world’s libraries. Connected.

12. Linked Data
• 290+ Million resources
• Schema.org + Extensions
• Embedded RDFa
• Links to: Dewey, LCSH
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST
• License: ODC-BY
The world’s libraries. Connected.

13. Linked Data
• 290+ Million resources
• Schema.org + Extensions
• Embedded RDFa
• Links to: Dewey, LCSH
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST
• License: ODC-BY
• Experimental - June 2012
The world’s libraries. Connected.

30. Linked Data
• 290+ Million resources
• Schema.org + Extensions
• Embedded RDFa
• Links to: Dewey, LCSH
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST
• License: ODC-BY
• Experimental - June 2012
The world’s libraries. Connected.

31. Linked Data
• 290+ Million resources Download file
• Schema.org + Extensions • Most widely held works
(250+ holdings)
• Embedded RDFa
• 1.2 Million resources
• Links to: Dewey, LCSH (80 million triples)
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST • Schema.org + Extensions
• License: ODC-BY • License: ODC-BY
• Experimental - June 2012 • August 2012
http://worldcat.org http://purl.oclc.org/dataset/WorldCat
The world’s libraries. Connected.

32. T
A T
LinkedM
Data N
R NE
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•
F• M
290+ Million resources
& M
Schema.org + Extensions
Download file
Most widely held works
• Embedded RDFa A
T H •I (250+ holdings)
• A S
D E •
Links to: Dewey, LCSH
1.2 Million resources
(80 million triples)
• F R
LCNAF, DOI, VIAF, FAST
•
Schema.org + Extensions
R E
License: ODC-BY
•
• Experimental - June 2012
License: ODC-BY
August 2012
http://worldcat.org http://purl.oclc.org/dataset/WorldCat
The world’s libraries. Connected.

35. is
good enough ?

36. is
good enough ?
• For library data exchange

37. is
good enough ?
• For library data exchange - No

38. is
good enough ?
• For library data exchange - No
• For sharing library data with the world

39. is
good enough ?
• For library data exchange - No
• For sharing library data with the world - Almost

42. http://www.w3.org/community/schemabibex
• Short lived group
• Libraries, Publishers, Consumers, System Vendors, Linked Data, Standards Bodies
• Library is only one focus

43. BIBFRAME

44. BIBFRAME
http://bibframe.org

45. BIBFRAME
It is the foundation for the future of
bibliographic description that happens on, in,
and as part of the web and the networked
world we live in.
http://bibframe.org

46. bibliographic description as part of the web
@Fascinatingpics

47. ?
bibliographic description as part of the web
@Fascinatingpics

48. ≈ complimentary ≈
bibliographic description as part of the web
@Fascinatingpics

49. ≈ complimentary ≈
bibliographic description as part of the web
Challenges for change
@Fascinatingpics

50. ≈ complimentary ≈
bibliographic description as part of the web
Challenges for change
• Metadata for ‘items’
@Fascinatingpics

51. ≈ complimentary ≈
bibliographic description as part of the web
Challenges for change
• Metadata for ‘items’
• Searching for ‘works’
@Fascinatingpics

52. ≈ complimentary ≈
bibliographic description as part of the web
Challenges for change
• Metadata for ‘items’
• Searching for ‘works’
• Materials of all types - print / e / digital
@Fascinatingpics

53. Linked Data:
@Fascinatingpics

54. Linked Data:
“... great ideas, but with no visible support?”
@Fascinatingpics

55. Where do I start?

56. @Fascinatingpics

57. @Fascinatingpics

58. @Fascinatingpics

59. @Fascinatingpics

60. @Fascinatingpics

61. @Fascinatingpics

62. @Fascinatingpics

63. h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/fukagawa/2488073607/

64. Do I need to link to
everywhere?
h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/fukagawa/2488073607/

65. Do I need to link to
everywhere?
Link to partners
and hubs
They will interlink
h"p://www.flickr.com/photos/fukagawa/2488073607/

66. Be visible
On the Web of Data
h"p://wallpapersfor.me/storm-­‐beacon/

67. Be visible
On the Web of Data
h"p://wallpapersfor.me/storm-­‐beacon/

68. Be visible
On the Web of Data
Light the way to your resources...
h"p://wallpapersfor.me/storm-­‐beacon/

70. LincolnMovieUK
DreamWorks Pictures/Twentieth Century Fox

71. Stop Copying

72. Stop Copying
Start Linking
Be of the Web
of Data

73. We are moving from
cataloguing

74. We are moving from
cataloguing
to
catalinking
h"p://
Eric
Miller
-­‐
Zepheira

75. Happening in a hurry?
@Fascinatingpics

76. Happening in a hurry?
Years not
decades
@Fascinatingpics

77. Happening in a hurry?
The Web will
progress
without us
@Fascinatingpics

78. Happening in a hurry?
Opportunity to
reach for
together
@Fascinatingpics

79. Linked Data and OCLC
Richard
Wallis
Technology
Evangelist
OCLC
@rjw