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The Cultural Linked Data Backbone
1. OCLC Contactdag
Utrecht 2 October 2012
The Cultural Linked
Data Backbone
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
OCLC
@rjw
The world’s libraries. Connected.
42. Data Open and/or Linked
Data Open and/or Linked
1. Data can be open, while not being linked
43. Data Open and/or Linked
Data Open and/or Linked
1. Data can be open, while not being linked
2. Data can be linked, while not being open
44. Data Open and/or Linked
Data Open and/or Linked
1. Data can be open, while not being linked
2. Data can be linked, while not being open
3. Data which is both open and linked is
increasingly viable
45. Data Open and/or Linked
Data Open and/or Linked
1. Data can be open, while not being linked
2. Data can be linked, while not being open
3. Data which is both open and linked is
increasingly viable
4. The Semantic Web can only function with data
which is both open and linked
Paul Walk - UKOLN
95. Turning an Oil Tanker
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24736216@N07/6153313394/
96. Turning an Oil Tanker
Millennia of endeavor
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24736216@N07/6153313394/
97. Turning an Oil Tanker
Millennia of endeavor
Centuries of practice
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24736216@N07/6153313394/
98. Turning an Oil Tanker
Millennia of endeavor
Centuries of practice
Decades of systems
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24736216@N07/6153313394/
99. Turning an Oil Tanker
Millennia of endeavor
Centuries of practice
Decades of systems
Years of cooperation
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24736216@N07/6153313394/
100. Turning an Oil Tanker
Millennia of endeavor
Centuries of practice
Decades of systems
Years of cooperation
Loads of standards
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24736216@N07/6153313394/
101. Turning an Oil Tanker
Millennia of endeavor
Centuries of practice
Decades of systems
Years of cooperation
Loads of standards
Huge heritage to build upon
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24736216@N07/6153313394/
102. Turning an Oil Tanker
Millennia of endeavor
Centuries of practice
Decades of systems
Years of cooperation
Loads of standards
Huge heritage to build upon
In an exponentially changing environment
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24736216@N07/6153313394/
107. OCLC Contactdag
Utrecht 2 October 2012
The Cultural Linked
Data Backbone
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
OCLC
@rjw
The world’s libraries. Connected.