Presented at CIG Scotland's Metadata & Linked Data Seminar : projects, experiments and services in Libraries, 12th of September 2016, Edinburgh

1. RDA data, linked data, and
benefits for users
Gordon Dunsire
Presented to the CIGS seminar Metadata and Linked
Data: projects, experiments and services in libraries,
Edinburgh, Scotland, 12 Sep 2016

2. Overview
This presentation will use examples of RDA
data from the RDA Toolkit to show how it is
transformed into linked data, and discusses
the benefits for users.
It is based on a presentation given at the
American Library Association 2016
conference.

3. Toolkit full example: flat file (no links)

4. Toolkit full example: r-balls (linked data)

5. RIMMF (RDA in many metadata formats)
RDA data editor
Free download
Online tutorials
http://www.marcofquality.com/wiki/rimmf3/

6. Toolkit full example: RIMMF (linked data)

7. Toolkit full example: RIMMF (linked view)

8. Toolkit full example: RIMMF RDF

9. Toolkit full example: RDF turtle (semantic linked data)

10. Expression:1
rdaw:P10053
rdaw:P10002
Agent:1
Work:1
"Brouwer, Margaret, 1940- .
Concertos, violin, orchestra"
"Concerto for violin and
chamber music"
"Concertos"@en
"violin, orchestra"@en
Work linked data cluster
rdaw:P10086
rdaw:P10223
rdaw:P10220
rdae:P20231

11. Expression:1
"25 min."
rdae:P20001
rdae:P20064
rdae:P20231
rdae:P20219
rdaco:1010
rdafmn:1007
Work:1
Expression linked data cluster
Manifestation:1
rdam:P30139
"notated music"@en
"staff notation"@en
skos:prefLabel
skos:prefLabel

12. Expression:1
"2004"
rdam:P30135
rdact:1049
rdamt:1007
Work:1
Manifestation linked data cluster
Manifestation:1
rdam:P30139
"volume"@en
"unmediated"@en
"[United States?]"
"Margaret Brouwer"
"Concerto for violin and chamber music"
"Brouwer New Music Publishing"
"42 cm"
rdami:1001 "single unit"@en

13. Agent:1
"Brouwer, Margaret, 1940-"
"Margaret Brouwer"
"Brouwer, Margaret"
"1940"
rdaa:P50094
rdaa:P50103
rdaa:P50117
rdaa:P50121
Agent linked data cluster

14. Expression:1
rdae:P20001
rdaco:1010
Multilingual labels, etc.
"notated music"@enskos:prefLabel
"Noten"@de
"música notada"@es
"musique notée"@fr
"乐谱"@zh
"nuottikirjoitus"@fi
"‫מוסיקה‬ ‫@"תווי‬he
"musica notata"@it
"muzieknotatie"@nl

16. RIMMF in English

17. RIMMF in Spanish

18. RIMMF in French

19. Expression:1
"2004"
rdam:P30135
rdact:1049
rdamt:1007
Work:1
Manifestation linked data cluster in RDA/RDF
Manifestation:1
rdam:P30139
"volume"@en
"unmediated"@en
skos:prefLabel
skos:prefLabel
"[United States?]"
"Margaret Brouwer"
"Concerto for violin and chamber music"
"Brouwer New Music Publishing"
"42 cm"
rdami:1001
skos:prefLabel
"single unit"@en
rdam:P30156
rdam:P30105
rdam:P30176
rdam:P30088
rdam:P30011
rdam:P30169
rdam:P30001
rdam:P30002
rdam:P30003

20. W1
E1
M1
I1
P1
P2
C1
F1
“LabelW1”
“DescriptionW1”
“LabelP1” “DescriptionP1”
W2 E2 M2 I2
W3 E3 M3 I3
“LabelM1”
“LabelI1”
“DescriptionE1”
“DescriptionM1”
“LabelP2”
“LabelC1”
“LabelF1”
“LabelW3”
“DescriptionW3”
P3
“Description…”
“Description…”
“Description…”
A record?

21. RDA benefits for users
Choice of language of labels and controlled
terminologies
Ability to expand or contract the detail displayed
Choice of flat-file, related description and
authority data, and graphical display of data
Fine granularity supporting interoperability with
all coarser-grained schema
Linked data! (navigation through nodes and
relationships)

22. Thank you!
 rscchair@rdatoolkit.org
 RSC website
http://www.rda-rsc.org/
 RDA Toolkit
http://www.rdatoolkit.org/
 RDA Registry
http://www.rdaregistry.info/
 RDA data, Jane-athons, etc.
http://www.rballs.info/
 RIMMF
http://www.marcofquality.com/wiki/rimmf3/

23. Example data sources
RDA Toolkit
http://www.rdatoolkit.org/sites/default/files/rsc_
rda_complete_examples_bibliographic_april2016.
pdf
RDA Registry
http://www.rdaregistry.info/Examples/exRSCFullS
core.html
R-Balls
http://rballs.info/topics/m/rdaex/rdaexScore.html