The Cultural Linked Data Backbone

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The Cultural Linked Data Backbone

Linking Data Across Libraries Archives and Museums - ALA Anaheim - 23 June 2012

Richard WallisTechnology EvangelistOCLC

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Backbone ?

Backbone ?

Backbone ?

... the backbone of information for centuries

Backbone ?

Libraries Archives Museums

... the backbone of information for centuries


... today on the Web?

DBpedia

Backbone Resources

Backbone Resources

• Government

Backbone Resources

• Government• Media

Backbone Resources

• Government• Media• Science

Backbone Resources

• Government• Media• Science• Libraries ?

Publication Events

Author

Series

Subject

Identifiers

Title

Miscellaneous literals

British Library Data Model@prefix blt: <http://data.bl.uk/schema/bibliographic#> .@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .@prefix dct: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> .@prefix isbd: <http://iflastandards.info/ns/isbd/elements/> .@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .@prefix bibo: <http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/> .@prefix rda: <http://RDVocab.info/ElementsGr2/> .@prefix bio: <http://purl.org/vocab/bio/0.1/> .@prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> .@prefix event: <http://purl.org/NET/c4dm/event.owl#> .@prefix org: <http://www.w3.org/ns/org#> .@prefix geo: <http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#> .

Tim Hodson - [email protected] Deliot - [email protected] Danskin - [email protected] Heather Rosie - [email protected] Ashton - [email protected]

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V.1.011st August 2011

Resource BL URI

dct:BibliographicResource

bibo:Book

Lexvo URI

dct:language

PublicationEventBL URI

blt:publication

blt:PublicationEvent

a

event:Event

rdfs:subClassOf

PlaceBL URI

MARC country code URI

rdfs:labelAgent

BL URI

foaf:Agentdcterms:Agent

rdfs:labelgeo:SpatialThing

a

a

http://r.d.g/id/year/xxxx

Person-as-ConceptBL URI dct:subject

rdfs:label

Topic LCSHBL URI

dct:subject

skos:notation

a

Skos:Concept

GeoNames URI

foaf:focus

rdfs:label

foaf:focus

CalendarYear

a

skos:broader

LCSH URI if available

Organization-as-ConceptBL URI

Family-as-ConceptBL URI

id.loc.gov URI for scheme

Family-as-AgentBL URI

rdfs:label

aa

blt:bnbbibo:isbn10 bibo:isbn13

dct:abstract

dct:tableOfContents

foaf:focus

dct:subject

skos:inScheme

owl:sameAs

rdfs:label

skos:inScheme

skos:inScheme

rdfs:label

dct:spatial

dct:hasPart

dct:subject

Place-as-ConceptBL URI


Place-as-ThingBL URI

foaf:focus

rdfs:labelowl:sameAs

event:time

event:agent

event:place

event:place

rdfs:label

dct:titleisbd:P1008(edition statement)

dct:alternative

Person-as-Agent BL URI foaf:Agent

dct:Agentfoaf:Person

a

rdfs:label

foaf:name

foaf:familyName

Birth BL URI

Death BL URI

rda:periodOfActivityOfThePerson

bio:Birth

bio:Death a

a

VIAF URI if available

owl:sameAs

bio:date

bio:date

bio:eventbio:event

foaf:givenName

Organization-as-Agent BL URI

foaf:Agentdct:Agent

foaf:Organizationorg:Organization

rdfs:label[foaf:name]

a

blt:hasContributedTo

dct:creator

dct:contributor

dct:creator

isbd:P1073(note on language)

rdfs:label

dct:subject

dct:subject

foaf:focus

a

a

Dewey BL URI

Dewey Info URI

Dewey Info URI for scheme

a

rdfs:subClassOf

rdfs:subClassOf

isbd:P1042(content note)

isbd:P1053(extent)

MARC language code URI

foaf:focus

geo:SpatialThingdct:Location

blt:OrganizationConcept a

rdfs:subClassOf


skos:inScheme

rdfs:subClassOf


skos:inScheme

ardfs:subClassOf

SeriesBL URI

bibo:Series

rdfs:label

bibo:issn

blt:PlaceConcept

blt:TopicLCSH

blt:TopicDDC

blt:FamilyConcept

blt:PersonConcept

a

rdfs:subClassOf


A Class

Key

A Literal

An InstanceExternal

Link

rdfs:label

dct:description

blt:hasCreated

blt:hasCreated

dct:contributor

blt:hasContributedTordfs:label

dct:isPartOf

Publication Events

Author

Series

Subject

Identifiers

Title




a


Resource BL URI


bibo:Book

Lexvo URI

dct:language


blt:publication


a

event:Event

rdfs:subClassOf

PlaceBL URI


rdfs:labelAgent

BL URI



a

a



rdfs:label

Topic LCSHBL URI

dct:subject

skos:notation

a

Skos:Concept

GeoNames URI

foaf:focus

rdfs:label

foaf:focus

CalendarYear

a

skos:broader






rdfs:label

aa


dct:abstract

dct:tableOfContents

foaf:focus

dct:subject

skos:inScheme

owl:sameAs

rdfs:label

skos:inScheme

skos:inScheme

rdfs:label

dct:spatial

dct:hasPart

dct:subject




foaf:focus


event:time

event:agent

event:place

event:place

rdfs:label


dct:alternative



a

rdfs:label

foaf:name

foaf:familyName

Birth BL URI

Death BL URI


bio:Birth

bio:Death a

a


owl:sameAs

bio:date

bio:date

bio:eventbio:event

foaf:givenName


foaf:Agentdct:Agent



a


dct:creator

dct:contributor

dct:creator


rdfs:label

dct:subject

dct:subject

foaf:focus

a

a

Dewey BL URI

Dewey Info URI


a

rdfs:subClassOf

rdfs:subClassOf


isbd:P1053(extent)


foaf:focus



rdfs:subClassOf


skos:inScheme

rdfs:subClassOf


skos:inScheme

ardfs:subClassOf

SeriesBL URI

bibo:Series

rdfs:label

bibo:issn

blt:PlaceConcept

blt:TopicLCSH

blt:TopicDDC

blt:FamilyConcept

blt:PersonConcept

a

rdfs:subClassOf


A Class

Key

A Literal

An InstanceExternal

Link

rdfs:label

dct:description

blt:hasCreated

blt:hasCreated

dct:contributor


dct:isPartOf

http://www.bl.uk/bibliographic/pdfs/bldatamodelbook.pdf

Publication Events

Author

Series

Subject

Identifiers

Title




a


Resource BL URI


bibo:Book

Lexvo URI

dct:language


blt:publication


a

event:Event

rdfs:subClassOf

PlaceBL URI


rdfs:labelAgent

BL URI



a

a



rdfs:label

Topic LCSHBL URI

dct:subject

skos:notation

a

Skos:Concept

GeoNames URI

foaf:focus

rdfs:label

foaf:focus

CalendarYear

a

skos:broader






rdfs:label

aa


dct:abstract

dct:tableOfContents

foaf:focus

dct:subject

skos:inScheme

owl:sameAs

rdfs:label

skos:inScheme

skos:inScheme

rdfs:label

dct:spatial

dct:hasPart

dct:subject




foaf:focus


event:time

event:agent

event:place

event:place

rdfs:label


dct:alternative



a

rdfs:label

foaf:name

foaf:familyName

Birth BL URI

Death BL URI


bio:Birth

bio:Death a

a


owl:sameAs

bio:date

bio:date

bio:eventbio:event

foaf:givenName


foaf:Agentdct:Agent



a


dct:creator

dct:contributor

dct:creator


rdfs:label

dct:subject

dct:subject

foaf:focus

a

a

Dewey BL URI

Dewey Info URI


a

rdfs:subClassOf

rdfs:subClassOf


isbd:P1053(extent)


foaf:focus



rdfs:subClassOf


skos:inScheme

rdfs:subClassOf


skos:inScheme

ardfs:subClassOf

SeriesBL URI

bibo:Series

rdfs:label

bibo:issn

blt:PlaceConcept

blt:TopicLCSH

blt:TopicDDC

blt:FamilyConcept

blt:PersonConcept

a

rdfs:subClassOf


A Class

Key

A Literal

An InstanceExternal

Link

rdfs:label

dct:description

blt:hasCreated

blt:hasCreated

dct:contributor


dct:isPartOf

@prefix blt: <http://data.bl.uk/schema/bibliographic#> .@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .@prefix dct: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> .@prefix isbd: <http://iflastandards.info/ns/isbd/elements/> .@prefix skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#> .@prefix bibo: <http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/> .@prefix rda: <http://RDVocab.info/ElementsGr2/> .@prefix bio: <http://purl.org/vocab/bio/0.1/> .@prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> .@prefix event: <http://purl.org/NET/c4dm/event.owl#> .@prefix org: <http://www.w3.org/ns/org#> .@prefix geo: <http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#> .

http://www.bl.uk/bibliographic/pdfs/bldatamodelbook.pdf



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