Presentation to the KNVI Congress in Utrecht 18th November 2014

1. KNVI
–
Utrecht
–
November
18
2014
Links
and
Entities:
The
Library
Data
Revolution
Richard Wallis
Technology Evangelist
@rjw

2. A global, nonprofit library cooperative
16,737 members in 109 countries
17 offices
5 data centers

3. Comprehensive and global
• 322
million
cataloging
records
• 2.1
billion
holdings
• 17.3
million
e-­‐resources
in
the
WorldCat
knowledge
base
•Nearly
2,000
e-­‐content
collections
• 1.5
billion
items
in
WorldCat
Discovery,
including:
• 297
million
peer-­‐reviewed
articles
• 41
million
digital
items
• 33
million
pieces
of
evaluative
content
• 35
million
archival
materials
• 8
million
open-­‐access
items
• and
much
more…

4. Comprehensive and global
253
million
books
16
million
e-­‐books
12
million
serials
12
million
visual
materials
7
million
musical
scores
4
million
maps
English:
83
million
German:
25
million
French:
18
million
Spanish:
8.2
million
Chinese:
5.1
million
Italian:
3.4
million
Dutch:
3.3
million
Japanese:
2.9
million
Russian:
2.9
million
Danish
2.1
million
Swedish:
1.9
million
Portuguese:
1.3
million
Just
a
few
of
the
dozens
of
types
of
content:
Some
of
the
485
languages
represented…

5. • 322
Comprehensive and global
million
cataloging
records
• 2.1
billion
holdings
• 17.3
million
e-­‐resources
in
the
WorldCat
knowledge
base
•Nearly
2,000
e-­‐content
collections
• 1.5
billion
items
in
WorldCat
Discovery,
including:
• 297
million
peer-­‐reviewed
articles
• 41
million
digital
items
• 33
million
pieces
of
evaluative
content
• 35
million
archival
materials
• 8
million
open-­‐access
items
• and
much
more…

6. WorldCat
~
2
Billion
Records

7. WorldCat
~
2
Billion
Records
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8. Entities, The Web & Library Metadata
person place
object concept
organization work

9. Entities, The Web & Library Metadata
person place
object concept
organization work

11. Google Knowledge Graph

12. Knowledge cards for libraries? Google Knowledge Graph

13. Library data stored as entities
person place
object concept
organization work

14. Library data stored as entities
person place
author
object concept
organization work

15. Library data stored as entities
person place
author
object concept
subject
organization work

16. Library data stored as entities
person place
author
object concept
item subject
availability
organization work

17. Library data stored as entities
Library
Knowledge
Graph
person place
object concept
organization work
A
graph
of
relationships

18. Library data stored as entities
Library
Knowledge
Graph
person place
object concept
organization work
A
graph
of
relationships

19. Library data stored as entities
Library
Knowledge
Graph
person place
object concept
organization work
A
graph
of
relationships

20. Library data stored as entities
Library
Knowledge
Graph
person place
object concept
organization work
A
graph
of
relationships

21. Library data stored as entities
person place
object concept
organization work
A
graph
of
relationships

22. Library data stored as entities
person place
object concept
organization work
A
graph
of
relationships

23. Library data stored as entities
person place
FRBR: Work/Expression
object concept
organization work
A
graph
FRBR: of
Manifestation
relationships

24. Putting
entities
in
library
workflows
Intuitive
searching
Cataloging
Integration
with
the
web
Cascading
updates More
options

25. Entities and library workflows:
Discovery
• Knowledge cards
• Fixes problem of “representative record”
• It’s what users expect in discovery

26. Entities and library workflows:
Discovery

27. Entities and library workflows:
Cataloging
• Improve data quality
– Cascading updates
• A new approach to cataloging
– Point and click cataloging
– Managing entities instead of managing records
• Consistent with RDA

28. library
data:
stored
as
records
author location
edition
holding
title
source
classification
publisher
ISBN
date
of
publication

29. library
data:
stored
as
records
person place
author location
edition
holding
title
source
object concept
classification
publisher
ISBN
date
of
publication
organization work

30. Günter Grass
Born:
16
October
1927
Gdańsk,
Poland
German
novelist,
poet,
playwright,
illustrator,
graphic
artist,
sculptor
and
recipient
of
the
1999
Nobel
Prize
in
Literature.
Works
Subjects
Germany
|
German
literature
|
Historical
fiction
War
stories
|
Black
humor
|
Fantasy
Quotes
“Even
bad
books
are
books
and
therefore
sacred.”—The
Find
Günter
Grass
works
at:
Libraries
near
me
|
Online
Retailers
Tin
Drum

31. Günter Grass
Born:
16
October
1927
Gdańsk,
Poland
German
novelist,
poet,
playwright,
illustrator,
graphic
artist,
sculptor
and
recipient
of
the
1999
Nobel
Prize
in
Literature.
Works
Subjects
Germany
|
German
literature
|
Historical
fiction
War
stories
|
Black
humor
|
Fantasy
Quotes
“Even
bad
books
are
books
and
therefore
sacred.”—The
Find
Günter
Grass
works
at:
Libraries
near
me
|
Online
Retailers
Tin
Drum
MARC
RECORD

32. Günter Grass
Born:
16
October
1927
Gdańsk,
Poland
German
novelist,
poet,
playwright,
illustrator,
graphic
artist,
sculptor
and
recipient
of
the
1999
Nobel
Prize
in
Literature.
Works
Subjects
Germany
|
German
literature
|
Historical
fiction
War
stories
|
Black
humor
|
Fantasy
Quotes
“Even
bad
books
are
books
and
therefore
sacred.”—The
Tin
Drum
Find
Günter
Grass
works
at:
Libraries
near
me
|
Online
Retailers

33. Günter Grass
Born:
16
October
1927
Gdańsk,
Poland
German
novelist,
poet,
playwright,
illustrator,
graphic
artist,
sculptor
and
recipient
of
the
1999
Nobel
Prize
in
Literature.
Works
Subjects
Germany
|
German
literature
|
Historical
fiction
War
stories
|
Black
humor
|
Fantasy
Quotes
“Even
bad
books
are
books
and
therefore
sacred.”—The
Tin
Drum
Find
Günter
Grass
works
at:
Libraries
near
me
|
Online
Retailers

34. Günter Grass
Authority
File
Born:
16
October
1927
Gdańsk,
Poland
German
novelist,
poet,
playwright,
illustrator,
graphic
artist,
sculptor
and
recipient
of
the
1999
Nobel
Prize
in
Literature.
Works
Subjects
Germany
|
German
literature
|
Historical
fiction
War
stories
|
Black
humor
|
Fantasy
Quotes
“Even
bad
books
are
books
and
therefore
sacred.”—The
Tin
Drum
Find
Günter
Grass
works
at:
Libraries
near
me
|
Online
Retailers

35. Günter Grass
Authority
File
Born:
16
October
1927
Gdańsk,
Poland
German
novelist,
poet,
playwright,
illustrator,
graphic
artist,
sculptor
and
recipient
of
the
1999
Nobel
Prize
in
Literature.
Works
Subjects
Germany
|
German
literature
|
Historical
fiction
War
stories
|
Black
humor
|
Fantasy
Open
Web
Quotes
“Even
bad
books
are
books
and
therefore
sacred.”—The
Tin
Drum
Find
Günter
Grass
works
at:
Libraries
near
me
|
Online
Retailers

36. Günter Grass
Authority
File
Born:
16
October
1927
Gdańsk,
Poland
German
novelist,
poet,
playwright,
illustrator,
graphic
artist,
sculptor
and
recipient
of
the
1999
Nobel
Prize
in
Literature.
Works
Subjects
Germany
|
German
literature
|
Historical
fiction
War
stories
|
Black
humor
|
Fantasy
Open
Web
Quotes
“Even
bad
books
are
books
and
therefore
sacred.”—The
Tin
Drum
Works
&
Organization
Find
Günter
Grass
works
at:
Libraries
near
me
|
Online
Retailers
Entity

37. Günter Grass
Authority
File
Born:
16
October
1927
Gdańsk,
Poland
German
novelist,
poet,
playwright,
illustrator,
graphic
artist,
sculptor
and
recipient
of
the
1999
Nobel
Prize
in
Literature.
Works
Subjects
Germany
|
German
literature
|
Historical
fiction
War
stories
|
Black
humor
|
Fantasy
Open
Web
Quotes
“Even
bad
books
are
books
and
therefore
sacred.”—The
Tin
Drum
Works
&
Organization
Find
Günter
Grass
works
at:
Libraries
near
me
|
Online
Retailers
Entity
Manifestation
Entity

38. Günter Grass
Authority
File
Born:
16
October
1927
Gdańsk,
Poland
German
novelist,
poet,
playwright,
illustrator,
graphic
artist,
sculptor
and
recipient
of
the
1999
Nobel
Prize
in
Literature.
Works
Subjects
Germany
|
German
literature
|
Historical
fiction
War
stories
|
Black
humor
|
Fantasy
Open
Web
Quotes
“Even
bad
books
are
books
and
therefore
sacred.”—The
Tin
Drum
Find
Günter
Grass
works
at:
Libraries
near
me
|
Online
Retailers
Commercial
Web
Works
&
Organization
Entity
Manifestation
Entity

39. Günter Grass
Authority
File
Born:
16
October
1927
Gdańsk,
Poland
German
novelist,
poet,
playwright,
illustrator,
graphic
artist,
sculptor
and
recipient
of
the
1999
Nobel
Prize
in
Literature.
Works
Subjects
Germany
|
German
literature
|
Historical
fiction
War
stories
|
Black
humor
|
Fantasy
Open
Web
Quotes
“Even
bad
books
are
books
and
therefore
sacred.”—The
Tin
Drum
Find
Günter
Grass
works
at:
Libraries
near
me
|
Online
Retailers
Commercial
Web
Authority
File
Works
&
Organization
Entity
Manifestation
Entity

40. Günter Grass
Born:
16
October
1927
Gdańsk,
Poland
German
novelist,
poet,
playwright,
illustrator,
graphic
artist,
sculptor
and
recipient
of
the
1999
Nobel
Prize
in
Literature.
Works
Subjects
Germany
|
German
literature
|
Historical
fiction
War
stories
|
Black
humor
|
Fantasy
Quotes
“Even
bad
books
are
books
and
therefore
sacred.”—The
Tin
Drum
Find
Günter
Grass
works
at:
Libraries
near
me
|
Online
Retailers

41. Entities and library workflows:
Cataloging
The Tin Drum
Summary:
Acclaimed
as
the
greatest
German
novel
since
the
end
of
World
War
II.
The
Tin
Drum
is
the
story
of
thirty
year
old
Oskar
Matzerath
who
has
lived
through
the
long
Nazi
nightmare
and
who
is
being
held
in
a
mental
institution.
Subjects
Germany
-­‐
History
|
German
literature
|
Political
fiction
Borrowing
Options
Ebooks
|
Printed
Books
|
Audio
Books
Other
Languages
!

42. Entities and library workflows:
Cataloging
The Tin Drum
Summary:
Acclaimed
as
the
greatest
German
novel
since
the
end
of
World
War
II.
The
Tin
Drum
is
the
story
of
thirty
year
old
Oskar
Matzerath
who
has
lived
through
the
long
Nazi
nightmare
and
who
is
being
held
in
a
mental
institution.
Subjects
Germany
-­‐
History
|
German
literature
|
Political
fiction
Borrowing
Options
Ebooks
|
Printed
Books
|
Audio
Books
Other
Languages
!
Person Editor

43. Entities and library workflows:
Cataloging
The Tin Drum
Person Editor
Person
Summary:
Acclaimed
as
the
greatest
German
novel
since
the
end
of
World
War
II.
The
Tin
Drum
is
the
story
of
thirty
year
old
Authority
Oskar
Matzerath
who
has
lived
through
the
long
Nazi
nightmare
and
who
is
being
held
in
a
mental
institution.
Subjects
• Günter Grass
• SameAs ➾
Germany
-­‐
History
|
German
literature
|
Political
fiction
Borrowing
Options
Ebooks
|
Printed
Books
|
Audio
Books
Other
Languages
!
<dbpedia.or
g>

44. Entities and library workflows:
Cataloging
The Tin Drum
Person Editor
Person
Summary:
Acclaimed
as
the
greatest
German
novel
since
the
end
of
World
War
II.
The
Tin
Drum
is
the
story
of
thirty
year
old
Authority
Oskar
Matzerath
who
has
lived
through
the
long
Nazi
nightmare
and
who
is
being
held
in
a
mental
institution.
Subjects
• Günter Grass
• SameAs ➾
Germany
-­‐
History
|
German
literature
|
Political
fiction
Borrowing
Options
Ebooks
|
Printed
Books
|
Audio
Books
Other
Languages
!
<dbpedia.or
g>
LC
NAF

45. Entities and library workflows:
Cataloging
The Tin Drum
Summary:
Acclaimed
as
the
greatest
German
novel
since
the
end
of
World
War
II.
The
Tin
Drum
is
the
story
of
thirty
year
old
Oskar
Matzerath
who
has
lived
through
the
long
Nazi
nightmare
and
who
is
being
held
in
a
mental
institution.
Subjects
Germany
-­‐
History
|
German
literature
|
Political
fiction
Borrowing
Options
Ebooks
|
Printed
Books
|
Audio
Books
Other
Languages
!

46. Entities and library workflows:
Cataloging
The Tin Drum
Summary:
Acclaimed
as
the
greatest
German
novel
since
the
end
of
World
War
II.
The
Tin
Drum
is
the
story
of
thirty
year
old
Oskar
Matzerath
who
has
lived
through
the
long
Nazi
nightmare
and
who
is
being
held
in
a
mental
institution.
Subjects
Germany
-­‐
History
|
German
literature
|
Political
fiction
Borrowing
Options
Ebooks
|
Printed
Books
|
Audio
Books
Other
Languages
!
Work Editor

47. Entities and library workflows:
Cataloging
The Tin Drum
Work Editor
Work
Summary:
Authority
Acclaimed
as
the
greatest
German
novel
since
the
end
of
World
War
II.
The
Tin
Drum
is
the
story
of
thirty
year
old
• Title
Oskar
Matzerath
who
has
lived
through
the
long
Nazi
nightmare
and
who
is
being
held
in
a
mental
institution.
• Creator Subjects
➾
Germany
-­‐
History
|
German
literature
|
Political
fiction
<Person>
Borrowing
Options
Ebooks
|
Printed
Books
|
Audio
Books
Other
Languages
!

48. Entities and library workflows:
Cataloging
The Tin Drum
Work Editor
Summary:
Acclaimed
as
the
greatest
German
novel
since
the
end
of
World
War
II.
The
Tin
Drum
is
the
story
of
thirty
year
old
Oskar
Matzerath
who
has
lived
through
the
long
Nazi
nightmare
and
who
is
being
held
in
a
mental
institution.
Germany
-­‐
History
|
German
literature
|
Political
fiction
Borrowing
Options
Ebooks
|
Printed
Expression
Books
|
Audio
Books
Subjects
Other
Languages
!
Manifestation
1
Manifestation
2 Manifestation
3
Cascading
Updates
Work
Authority
• Title
• Creator ➾
<Person>

49. Entities and library workflows:
Cataloging
The Tin Drum
Work Editor
Summary:
Acclaimed
as
the
greatest
German
novel
since
the
end
of
World
War
II.
The
Tin
Drum
is
the
story
of
thirty
year
old
Oskar
Matzerath
who
has
lived
through
the
long
Nazi
nightmare
and
who
is
being
held
in
a
mental
institution.
Germany
-­‐
History
|
German
literature
|
Political
fiction
Borrowing
Options
Ebooks
|
Printed
Expression
Books
|
Audio
Books
Subjects
Other
Languages
!
Manifestation
1
Manifestation
2 Manifestation
3
MARC21
Output
Cascading
Updates
Work
Authority
• Title
• Creator ➾
<Person>

50. Entities and library workflows:
Other applications

51. Entities and library workflows:
Other applications
• Interlibrary Loan
– Borrow at the Work level
– Manifestations/Items are detail

52. Entities and library workflows:
Other applications
• Interlibrary Loan
– Borrow at the Work level
– Manifestations/Items are detail
• Analytics
– Fixes “holdings scatter” across manifestations

53. Entities and library workflows:
Other applications
• Interlibrary Loan
– Borrow at the Work level
– Manifestations/Items are detail
• Analytics
– Fixes “holdings scatter” across manifestations
• Other third party applications
– Discovery API exposes library entities

54. Entities and library workflows:
Web exposure

55. Entities and library workflows:
Web exposure
• Be found on the web

56. Entities and library workflows:
Web exposure
• Be found on the web
• Connect your users to unique content

57. Entities and library workflows:
Web exposure
• Be found on the web
• Connect your users to unique content
• What the web requires for web exposure
– Aggregation
– Familiar structures
– A Network of Links
– Entity Identifiers

58. Entities, The Web & Library Metadata
person place
object concept
organization work

59. Entities, The Web & Library Metadata
person place
object concept
organization work

60. Entities, The Web & Library Metadata
person place
object concept
organization work
Entity
Based
Data
Architecture…

61. What
About
Linked
Data?
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rileyroxx/169900848/

62. WhWahatt
Aabbouot
uLitn
kLedin
ked
Data?
Data?
Yeah!
–
what
about
Linked
Data?
I
thought
Linked
Data
was
going
to
solve
all
our
problems!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rileyroxx/169900848/

63. Linked
Data

64. Linked
Data

65. Linked
Data

66. Linked
Data

67. Linked
Data

68. Linked
Data

69. Linked
Data

70. • A
Linked
Data
Technology
• Standard
on
the
Web
–
RDF,
URIs,
Vocabularies
• Identifying
and
Linking
resources
on
the
Web
• Important
powerful
enabling
technology

71. • A
Linked
Data
Technology
• Standard
on
the
Web
–
RDF,
URIs,
Vocabularies
• Identifying
and
Linking
resources
on
the
Web
• Important
powerful
enabling
technology
• But
only
a
technology…

72. • A
Linked
Data
Technology
• Standard
on
the
Web
–
RDF,
URIs,
Vocabularies
• Identifying
and
Linking
resources
on
the
Web
• Important
powerful
enabling
technology
• But
only
a
technology…
for
the
systems
folks
to
worry
about

73. • A
Linked
Data
Technology
• Standard
on
the
Web
–
RDF,
URIs,
Vocabularies
• Identifying
and
Linking
resources
on
the
Web
• Important
powerful
enabling
technology
• But
only
a
technology…
for
the
systems
folks
to
worry
about
• Real
benefits
flow
from:
Entity
Based
Data
Architecture

74. • A
Linked
Data
Technology
• Standard
on
the
Web
–
RDF,
URIs,
Vocabularies
• Identifying
and
Linking
resources
on
the
Web
• Important
powerful
enabling
technology
• But
only
a
technology…
for
the
systems
folks
to
worry
about
• Real
benefits
flow
from:
Entity
Based
Data
Architecture
Powered
by
Linked
Data

75. Entity
Based
Data

76. Entity
Based
Data
on
the
Web

77. Entity
Based
Data
on
the
Web

78. Entity
Based
Data
on
the
Web

79. Entity
Based
Data
on
the
Web

80. Entity
Based
Data
on
the
Web
Knowledge
Graphs

81. Entity
Based
Data
on
the
Web
Knowledge
Graphs

82. Entity
Based
Data
on
the
Web
Knowledge
Graphs

83. Entity
Based
Data
on
the
Web
Knowledge
Graphs

84. Entity
Based
Data
on
the
Web
Knowledge
Graphs
Semantic
Search

85. …
beneficial
effects
for
libraries

86. …
beneficial
effects
for
libraries
http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/tel4/newsitem/5350

87. …
beneficial
effects
for
libraries
http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/tel4/newsitem/5350

88. …
beneficial
effects
for
libraries
“…
more
than
80
per
cent
of
these
visitors
coming
from
search
engines
…”
http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/tel4/newsitem/5350

89. Predicted
development
of
the
Web

90. Predicted
development
of
the
Web

91. Predicted
search
development
on
the
Web

92. Predicted
search
development
on
the
Web

93. Why
is
the
Web
Adopting
This?

94. Why
is
the
Web
Adopting
This?
(Entities,
Semantic
Search,
Linked
Data)

95. Why
is
the
Web
Adopting
This?
(Entities,
Semantic
Search,
Linked
Data)
• To
get
their
products/resources
in
front
of
users
- Next
Generation
SEO

96. Why
is
the
Web
Adopting
This?
(Entities,
Semantic
Search,
Linked
Data)
• To
get
their
products/resources
in
front
of
users
- Next
Generation
SEO
• It
is
a
shared
approach
from
the
Search
Engines
- But
not
exclusive
to
them

98. Syndication
For
Libraries

99. Syndication
For
Libraries
• Aggregate
to
a
central
site
- National
Library,
Consortia,
WorldCat.org

100. Syndication
For
Libraries
• Aggregate
to
a
central
site
- National
Library,
Consortia,
WorldCat.org
• Publish
details
to
syndication
partners
- WorldCat:
Amazon,
Google
Scholar,
EasyBib,
EBSCO,
OpenLibrary,
FindMyLibrary,
RedLaser,
Yelp,
…

101. Syndication
For
Libraries
• Aggregate
to
a
central
site
- National
Library,
Consortia,
WorldCat.org
• Publish
details
to
syndication
partners
- WorldCat:
Amazon,
Google
Scholar,
EasyBib,
EBSCO,
OpenLibrary,
FindMyLibrary,
RedLaser,
Yelp,
…
• Links
from
aggregators
to
individual
libraries
- Find
in
a
library

102. Syndication
For
Libraries
• Aggregate
to
a
central
site
- National
Library,
Consortia,
WorldCat.org
• Publish
details
to
syndication
partners
- WorldCat:
June
Amazon,
Google
Scholar,
EasyBib,
EBSCO,
OpenLibrary,
FindMyLibrary,
RedLaser,
Yelp,
…
• Links
Million
from
Million
from
aggregators
to
individual
libraries
- Find
in
a
library
Syndication
WorldCat
Year
to
2013
!
• 77
referrals
partners
• 8.7
to
click-­‐through
libraries

103. Syndication
For
Libraries
• Aggregate
to
a
central
site
- National
Library,
Consortia,
WorldCat.org
• Publish
details
to
syndication
partners
- WorldCat:
Amazon,
Google
Scholar,
EasyBib,
EBSCO,
OpenLibrary,
FindMyLibrary,
RedLaser,
Yelp,
…
• Links
from
aggregators
to
individual
libraries
- Find
in
a
library
Today

104. Syndication
For
Libraries
• Aggregate
to
a
central
site
- National
Library,
Consortia,
WorldCat.org
• Publish
details
to
syndication
partners
- WorldCat:
Amazon,
Google
Scholar,
EasyBib,
EBSCO,
OpenLibrary,
FindMyLibrary,
RedLaser,
Yelp,
…
• Links
from
aggregators
to
individual
libraries
- Find
in
a
library
Today
Efficient
but
indirect

105. Syndication
For
Libraries

106. Syndication
For
Libraries
On
the
Web
of
Data

107. Syndication
For
Libraries
• Individual
On
the
Web
of
Data
libraries
publish
resource
data

108. Syndication
For
Libraries
• Individual
On
the
Web
of
Data
libraries
publish
resource
data
- Linked
Data
in
local
discovery
interfaces

109. Syndication
For
Libraries
• Individual
On
the
Web
of
Data
libraries
publish
resource
data
- Linked
Data
in
local
discovery
interfaces
- Links
to
authoritative
hubs
–
set
global
context
• VIAF,
LoC,
WorldCat
Works,
…

110. Syndication
For
Libraries
• Individual
On
the
Web
of
Data
libraries
publish
resource
data
- Linked
Data
in
local
discovery
interfaces
- Links
to
authoritative
hubs
–
set
global
context
• VIAF,
LoC,
WorldCat
Works,
…
• Recognized
and
identified
on
the
Web

111. Syndication
For
Libraries
• Individual
On
the
Web
of
Data
libraries
publish
resource
data
- Linked
Data
in
local
discovery
interfaces
- Links
to
authoritative
hubs
–
set
global
context
• VIAF,
LoC,
WorldCat
Works,
…
• Recognized
and
identified
on
the
Web
- Google,
Bing,
Yahoo!,
Yandex,
etc.
- Where
our
users
are!

112. Syndication
For
Libraries
• Individual
On
the
Web
of
Data
libraries
publish
resource
data
- Linked
Data
in
local
discovery
interfaces
- Links
to
authoritative
hubs
–
set
global
context
• VIAF,
LoC,
WorldCat
Works,
…
• Recognized
and
identified
on
the
Web
- Google,
Bing,
Yahoo!,
Yandex,
etc.
- Where
our
users
are!
• Users
referred
directly
to
resources
in
the
library

113. Syndication
For
Libraries
• Individual
On
the
Web
of
Data
libraries
publish
resource
data
- Linked
Data
in
local
discovery
interfaces
- Links
to
authoritative
hubs
–
set
global
context
• VIAF,
LoC,
WorldCat
Works,
…
• Recognized
and
identified
on
the
Web
- Google,
Bing,
Yahoo!,
Yandex,
etc.
- Where
our
users
are!
• Users
referred
directly
to
resources
in
the
library
Direct
and
Effective

114. Syndication
For
Libraries
• Individual
On
the
Web
of
Data
libraries
publish
resource
data
- Linked
Data
in
local
discovery
interfaces
- Links
to
authoritative
hubs
–
set
global
context
• VIAF,
LoC,
WorldCat
Works,
…
• Recognized
and
identified
on
the
Web
- Google,
Bing,
Yahoo!,
Yandex,
etc.
- Where
our
users
are!
• Users
referred
directly
to
resources
in
the
library
Direct
and
Effective

115. Syndication
For
Libraries
• Individual
On
the
Web
of
Data
libraries
publish
resource
data
- Linked
Data
in
local
discovery
interfaces
- Links
to
authoritative
hubs
–
set
global
context
• VIAF,
LoC,
WorldCat
Works,
…
• Recognized
and
identified
on
the
Web
- Google,
Bing,
Yahoo!,
Yandex,
etc.
- Where
our
users
are!
• Users
referred
directly
to
resources
in
the
library
Direct
and
Effective

116. Bibliographic
Entities
in
the
Web
of
Data
Intuitive
searching
Cataloging
Integration
with
the
web
Cascading
updates More
options

117. Bibliographic
Entities
in
the
Web
of
Data

118. What’s
Happening
on
The
Web:
schema.org

119. What’s
Happening
on
The
Web:
schema.org

120. What’s
Happening
on
The
Web:
schema.org

121. What’s
Happening
on
The
Web:
schema.org
25% Of Web
Use Schema.org
markup!

122. What’s
Happening
for
Libraries:
SchemaBibExtend

123. What’s
Happening
for
Libraries:
SchemaBibExtend
http://www.w3.org/community/schemabibex/

124. What’s
Happening
for
Libraries:
SchemaBibExtend
• W3C
Activity
• Schema.org
Based
http://www.w3.org/community/schemabibex/

125. WorldCat
Entities

126. WorldCat
Entities
Works

127. WorldCat
Entities
Works
• 197+
million
Work
descriptions
and
URIs

128. WorldCat
Entities
Works
• 197+
million
Work
descriptions
and
URIs
• Schema.org

129. WorldCat
Entities
Works
• 197+
million
Work
descriptions
and
URIs
• Schema.org
• RDF
Data
formats
–
RDF/XML,
Turtle,
Triples,
JSON-­‐LD

130. WorldCat
Entities
Works
• 197+
million
Work
descriptions
and
URIs
• Schema.org
• RDF
Data
formats
–
RDF/XML,
Turtle,
Triples,
JSON-­‐LD
• Links
to
WorldCat
manifestations

131. WorldCat
Entities
Works
• 197+
million
Work
descriptions
and
URIs
• Schema.org
• RDF
Data
formats
–
RDF/XML,
Turtle,
Triples,
JSON-­‐LD
• Links
to
WorldCat
manifestations
• Links
to
Dewey,
LCSH,
LCNAF,
VIAF,
FAST

132. WorldCat
Entities
Works
• 197+
million
Work
descriptions
and
URIs
• Schema.org
• RDF
Data
formats
–
RDF/XML,
Turtle,
Triples,
JSON-­‐LD
• Links
to
WorldCat
manifestations
• Links
to
Dewey,
LCSH,
LCNAF,
VIAF,
FAST
• Open
Data
license

133. WorldCat
Entities
Works
• 197+
million
Work
descriptions
and
URIs
• Schema.org
• RDF
Data
formats
–
RDF/XML,
Turtle,
Triples,
JSON-­‐LD
• Links
to
WorldCat
manifestations
• Links
to
Dewey,
LCSH,
LCNAF,
VIAF,
FAST
• Open
Data
license
• Released
April
2014

139. OCLC
Entity
Based
Data
Strategy

140. OCLC
Entity
Based
Data
Strategy
✓VIAF,
ISNI,
FAST
2010
Publish
Linked
Data

141. OCLC
Entity
Based
Data
Strategy
✓VIAF,
ISNI,
FAST
Publish
Linked
Data
✓WorldCat.org
Linked
Data
Release
2012
–
using
Schema.org
2010

142. OCLC
Entity
Based
Data
Strategy
✓VIAF,
ISNI,
FAST
Publish
Linked
Data
✓WorldCat.org
Linked
Data
Release
–
using
Schema.org
✓Data
mining
of
WorldCat
resources
2010
2012
2013

143. OCLC
Entity
Based
Data
Strategy
✓VIAF,
ISNI,
FAST
Publish
Linked
Data
✓WorldCat.org
Linked
Data
Release
–
using
Schema.org
✓Data
mining
of
WorldCat
resources
✓WorldCat
Works
Released
–
using
Schema.org
2010
2012
2013
2014

144. OCLC
Entity
Based
Data
Strategy
✓VIAF,
ISNI,
FAST
Publish
Linked
Data
✓WorldCat.org
Linked
Data
Release
–
using
Schema.org
✓Data
mining
of
WorldCat
resources
✓WorldCat
Works
Released
–
using
Schema.org
✓Schema.org
added
to
VIAF
RDF
2010
2012
2013
2014

145. OCLC
Entity
Based
Data
Strategy
✓VIAF,
ISNI,
FAST
Publish
Linked
Data
✓WorldCat.org
Linked
Data
Release
–
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Schema.org
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mining
of
WorldCat
resources
✓WorldCat
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Released
–
using
Schema.org
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added
to
VIAF
RDF
2010
2012
2013
2014

146. OCLC
Entity
Based
Data
Strategy
✓VIAF,
ISNI,
FAST
Publish
Linked
Data
✓WorldCat.org
Linked
Data
Release
–
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Schema.org
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mining
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✓WorldCat
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–
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2012
2013
2014
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➢Analytics
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API
➢Cataloging
2015

147. OCLC
Entity
Based
Data
Strategy
✓VIAF,
ISNI,
FAST
Publish
Linked
Data
✓WorldCat.org
Linked
Data
Release
–
using
Schema.org
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mining
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WorldCat
resources
✓WorldCat
Works
Released
–
using
Schema.org
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added
to
VIAF
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2010
2012
2014
➢Application
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Discovery
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API
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148. OCLC
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Strategy
✓VIAF,
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Data
✓WorldCat.org
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149. OCLC
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Strategy
✓VIAF,
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✓WorldCat.org
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2012
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150. OCLC
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Data
Strategy
✓VIAF,
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FAST
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Data
✓WorldCat.org
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mining
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✓WorldCat
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–
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Schema.org
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added
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2012
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API
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2015
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151. OCLC
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Strategy
✓VIAF,
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Data
✓WorldCat.org
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mining
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✓WorldCat
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–
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Schema.org
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152. OCLC
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Strategy
✓VIAF,
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Linked
Data
✓WorldCat.org
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153. OCLC
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Data
Strategy
✓VIAF,
ISNI,
FAST
Publish
Linked
Data
✓WorldCat.org
Linked
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Release
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Schema.org
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mining
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WorldCat
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–
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Schema.org
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2012
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2013
2016

154. OCLC
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Based
Data
Strategy
✓VIAF,
ISNI,
FAST
Publish
Linked
Data
✓WorldCat.org
Linked
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Release
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Schema.org
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mining
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WorldCat
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✓WorldCat
Works
Released
–
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Schema.org
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VIAF
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2012
2014
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2015
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2013
2016

155. OCLC
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Data
Strategy
✓VIAF,
ISNI,
FAST
Publish
Linked
Data
✓WorldCat.org
Linked
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Release
–
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Schema.org
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mining
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WorldCat
resources
✓WorldCat
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–
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Schema.org
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2012
2014
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API
➢Cataloging
2015
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Entities
Released
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Products
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2013
2016

156. OCLC
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Data
Strategy
✓VIAF,
ISNI,
FAST
Publish
Linked
Data
✓WorldCat.org
Linked
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VIAF
RDF
2010
2012
2014
➢Application
Integration
➢WorldCat
Discovery
➢Analytics
➢Discovery
API
➢Cataloging
2015
➢More
Entities
Released
➢Person
➢Organization
➢Event
➢Concept
➢New
Products
➢Continuing
Evangelism
➢New
Services
➢Continuing
Innovation
2013
2016

158. Why
Catalog?

159. Why
Catalog?
So
we
can
find
things

160. Why
Catalog?
So
we
can
find
things
Why
Share
on
the
Web?

161. Why
Catalog?
So
we
can
find
things
Why
Share
on
the
Web?
So
today’s
users
can
find
our
things

162. Where
are
our
users?

163. Where
are
our
users?

165. Run that by
me again..

166. Revolutionizing
Library
Data
Entity
Based
Data
Architecture
Run that by
me again..

167. Revolutionizing
Library
Data
Entity
Based
Data
Architecture
• The
Web
is
moving
from
strings
to
things
Run that by
me again..

168. Revolutionizing
Library
Data
Entity
Based
Data
Architecture
• The
Web
is
moving
from
strings
to
things
• Describing
entities
and
their
relationships
Run that by
me again..

169. Revolutionizing
Library
Data
Entity
Based
Data
Architecture
• The
Web
is
moving
from
strings
to
things
• Describing
entities
and
their
relationships
• Entities
can
be
mined
from
bib
records
Run that by
me again..

170. Revolutionizing
Library
Data
Entity
Based
Data
Architecture
• The
Web
is
moving
from
strings
to
things
• Describing
entities
and
their
relationships
• Entities
can
be
mined
from
bib
records
• Entities
would
revolutionize
workflows
Run that by
me again..

171. Revolutionizing
Library
Data
Entity
Based
Data
Architecture
• The
Web
is
moving
from
strings
to
things
• Describing
entities
and
their
relationships
• Entities
can
be
mined
from
bib
records
• Entities
would
revolutionize
workflows
• Entities
will
revolutionize
discovery
Run that by
me again..

172. Revolutionizing
Library
Data
Entity
Based
Data
Architecture
• The
Web
is
moving
from
strings
to
things
• Describing
entities
and
their
relationships
• Entities
can
be
mined
from
bib
records
• Entities
would
revolutionize
workflows
• Entities
will
revolutionize
discovery
• Vocabulary
of
the
Web
–
Schema.org
Run that by
me again..

173. Revolutionizing
Library
Data
Entity
Based
Data
Architecture
• The
Web
is
moving
from
strings
to
things
• Describing
entities
and
their
relationships
• Entities
can
be
mined
from
bib
records
• Entities
would
revolutionize
workflows
• Entities
will
revolutionize
discovery
• Vocabulary
of
the
Web
–
Schema.org
• Search
engines
route
directly
to
libraries
Run that by
me again..

174. Revolutionizing
Library
Data
Entity
Based
Data
Architecture
• The
Web
is
moving
from
strings
to
things
• Describing
entities
and
their
relationships
• Entities
can
be
mined
from
bib
records
• Entities
would
revolutionize
workflows
• Entities
will
revolutionize
discovery
• Vocabulary
of
the
Web
–
Schema.org
• Search
engines
route
directly
to
libraries
• Libraries
need
to
syndicate
locally
Run that by
me again..

175. Revolutionizing
Library
Data
Entity
Based
Data
Architecture
• The
Web
is
moving
from
strings
to
things
• Describing
entities
and
their
relationships
• Entities
can
be
mined
from
bib
records
• Entities
would
revolutionize
workflows
• Entities
will
revolutionize
discovery
• Vocabulary
of
the
Web
–
Schema.org
• Search
engines
route
directly
to
libraries
• Libraries
need
to
syndicate
locally
• Systems
need
to
enable
syndication
Run that by
me again..

176. Revolutionizing
Library
Data
Entity
Based
Data
Architecture
• The
Web
is
moving
from
strings
to
things
• Describing
entities
and
their
relationships
• Entities
can
be
mined
from
bib
records
• Entities
would
revolutionize
workflows
• Entities
will
revolutionize
discovery
• Vocabulary
of
the
Web
–
Schema.org
• Search
engines
route
directly
to
libraries
• Libraries
need
to
syndicate
locally
• Systems
need
to
enable
syndication
• Linking
to
hubs
of
authority
Run that by
me again..

177. Revolutionizing
Library
Data
Entity
Based
Data
Architecture
• The
Web
is
moving
from
strings
to
things
• Describing
entities
and
their
relationships
• Entities
can
be
mined
from
bib
records
• Entities
would
revolutionize
workflows
• Entities
will
revolutionize
discovery
• Vocabulary
of
the
Web
–
Schema.org
• Search
engines
route
directly
to
libraries
• Libraries
need
to
syndicate
locally
• Systems
need
to
enable
syndication
• Linking
to
hubs
of
authority
• Setting
global
context
for
our
resources
Run that by
me again..

178. Revolutionizing
Library
Data
Entity
Based
Data
Architecture
• The
Web
is
moving
from
strings
to
things
• Describing
entities
and
their
relationships
• Entities
can
be
mined
from
bib
records
• Entities
would
revolutionize
workflows
• Entities
will
revolutionize
discovery
• Vocabulary
of
the
Web
–
Schema.org
• Search
engines
route
directly
to
libraries
• Libraries
need
to
syndicate
locally
• Systems
need
to
enable
syndication
• Linking
to
hubs
of
authority
• Setting
global
context
for
our
resources
• Making
Libraries
relevant
on/in
the
web
Run that by
me again..

179. Revolutionizing
Library
Data
Entity
Based
Data
Architecture
• The
Web
is
moving
from
strings
to
things
• Describing
entities
and
their
relationships
• Entities
can
be
mined
from
bib
records
• Entities
would
revolutionize
workflows
• Entities
will
revolutionize
discovery
• Vocabulary
of
the
Web
–
Schema.org
• Search
engines
route
directly
to
libraries
• Libraries
need
to
syndicate
locally
• Systems
need
to
enable
syndication
• Linking
to
hubs
of
authority
• Setting
global
context
for
our
resources
• Making
Libraries
relevant
on/in
the
web
It’s
all
about
the
entities
Run that by
me again..

180. Revolutionizing
Library
Data
Entity
Based
Data
Architecture
• The
Web
is
moving
from
strings
to
things
• Describing
entities
and
their
relationships
• Entities
can
be
mined
from
bib
records
• Entities
would
revolutionize
workflows
• Entities
will
revolutionize
discovery
• Vocabulary
of
the
Web
–
Schema.org
• Search
engines
route
directly
to
libraries
• Libraries
need
to
syndicate
locally
• Systems
need
to
enable
syndication
• Linking
to
hubs
of
authority
• Setting
global
context
for
our
resources
• Making
Libraries
relevant
on/in
the
web
It’s
all
about
the
entities
enabled
by
just
another
technology
Linked
Data
WorldCat
Setting
Context
Run that by
me again..

182. Yeah – but what can I do?

183. Yeah – but what can I do?
• Your
resources
in
the
Web
of
Data
- Contribute
to
WorldCat

184. Yeah – but what can I do?
• Your
resources
in
the
Web
of
Data
- Contribute
to
WorldCat
• Start
linking
your
resources
- WorldCat
Work
URIs
in
your
data

185. Yeah – but what can I do?
• Your
resources
in
the
Web
of
Data
- Contribute
to
WorldCat
• Start
linking
your
resources
- WorldCat
Work
URIs
in
your
data
• Register
institution
on
the
web
- Schema.org
–
Organization/Library
- WorldCat
Registry
- Schema.org
across
your
Website(s)

186. Yeah – but what can I do?
• Your
resources
in
the
Web
of
Data
- Contribute
to
WorldCat
• Start
linking
your
resources
- WorldCat
Work
URIs
in
your
data
• Register
institution
on
the
web
- Schema.org
–
Organization/Library
- WorldCat
Registry
- Schema.org
across
your
Website(s)
• Talk
to
system
providers
/
projects
- Not
just
a
Linked
Data
feature
- Exposing
Entities
in
global
context

187. Yeah – but what can I do?
• Your
resources
in
the
Web
of
Data
- Contribute
to
WorldCat
• Start
linking
your
resources
- WorldCat
Work
URIs
in
your
data
• Register
institution
on
the
web
- Schema.org
–
Organization/Library
- WorldCat
Registry
- Schema.org
across
your
Website(s)
• Talk
to
system
providers
/
projects
- Not
just
a
Linked
Data
feature
- Exposing
Entities
in
global
context

188. Richard
Wallis
Richard.Wallis@oclc.org
@rjw
Explore. Share. Magnify.