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This blog was hosted by UKOLN to assist the W3C Library Linked Data Incubator group to gather comments on a draft report in the period June-July 2011 . This blog has now served its purpose and is being archived. The report which resulted from this review and comment process was published in October 2011 and is available. [W3C Library Linked Data Incubator Group Final Report]
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The mission of the W3C Library Linked Data incubator group is to help increase global interoperability of library data on the Web, by bringing together people involved in Semantic Web activities—focusing on Linked Data—in the library community and beyond, building on existing initiatives, and identifying collaboration tracks for the future.
This blog is intended as a means to invite comments on our draft report. The report contains the following sections:
- Executive Summary (not yet available)
- Benefits
- Available Vocabularies and Datasets
- Relevant Technologies
- Implementation challenges and barriers to adoption
- Recommendations
Feel free to use these sections’ posts to circulate specific comments on them. Comments can also be posted to our public mailing list (public-lld@w3.org) using descriptive subject lines such as ‘Subject: [COMMENTS] “Benefits” section’.
To read the most-up-to-date of version of this section, in the context of the entire report, please see our wiki page.
In addition, the W3C LLD group will release two separate deliverables:
Comments are much welcome on these documents as well!
This blog is intended as a means to invite comments on the draft report of the W3C Library Linked Data Incubator Group. The report contains the following sections: Executive Summary (not yet available) Benefits Available Vocabularies and Datasets Relevant Technologies Implementation challenges and barriers to adoption Recommendations Feel free to use these sections' posts to post specific comments on them. Comments can be posted to our public mailing list (public-lld@w3.org) u [...]
@@ To read the most-up-to-date of version of this section, in the context of the entire report, please see our wiki page "Library Linked Data": Scope of this report The scope of this report -- "library linked data" -- can be understood as follows: Library. The word "library" (analogously to "archive" and "museum") refers to three distinct but related concepts: a collection, a place where the collection is located, and an agent which curates the collection and administers the location. Co [...]
@@ To read the most-up-to-date of version of this section, in the context of the entire report, please see our wiki page The success of linked library data relies on the ability of its practitioners to identify, re-use or connect to existing datasets and data models. Linked datasets and vocabularies that are essential in the library and related domains, however, have previously been unknown or unfamiliar to many. An inventory of existing library linked data resources The complexity [...]
@@ To read the most-up-to-date of version of this section, in the context of the entire report, please see our wiki page Linked Data is an emerging technology, so most tools are still developmental. Fortunately, the principles of Linked Data are not tied to any particular tool, rather they are tied to Web standards themselves. In many situations, production and consumption of Linked Data can be layered or interwoven with existing applications without the need for massive redevelopment effo [...]
@@ To read the most-up-to-date of version of this section, in the context of the entire report, please see our wiki page This section comprises the following sub-sections: Designed for stability, the library ecosystem resists change Libraries do not adapt well to technological change ROI is difficult to calculate Data may have rights issues that prevent open publication Library data is expressed in library-specific formats that cannot be easily shared outside the library community [...]
@@ To read the most-up-to-date of version of this section, in the context of the entire report, please see our wiki page This section comprises the following sub-sections: Assess Facilitate Design Identify and link Prepare Curate The general recommendation of the report is for libraries to embrace of the web of information, both in terms of making their data available for use and in terms of making use of the web of data in library services. Ideally, library data should in [...]
The Use Case report is only available through the LLD wiki.
The LLD Vocabularies and Datasets report is only available through the LLD wiki.