cldi 2016: linked data in canada
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Linked Data in Canada:Behind the Curve
MJ Suhonos
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• openness advocate: • open source • open access • open data
• LD advocate since 2010
• SWIB PC since 2013
• Ruby RDF contributor
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• openness advocate: • open source • open access • open data
• LD advocate since 2010
• SWIB PC since 2013
• Ruby RDF contributor
• never implemented a project using linked data
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A Brief History
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2011: W3C LLD Report
"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"
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Recommendations1. develop library data standards compatible with
Linked Data
2. identify sets of data for exposure as Linked Data
3. foster a discussion about Open Data and rights
4. increase library participation in Semantic Web standardization
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European National Libraries
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• Britain & France (2010)
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• Britain & France (2010)
• Finland & Sweden (2012) • research projects to
expose Linked Data
• USA & Germany (2012) • work with BIBFRAME
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• Britain & France (2010)
• Finland & Sweden (2012) • research projects to
expose Linked Data
• USA & Germany (2012) • work with BIBFRAME
• Netherlands (2016) • work with Wikipedia
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Cultural Heritage Organizations
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• DBpedia (2009) • research project using
Wikipedia data
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• DBpedia (2009) • research project using
Wikipedia data
• Europeana, European Library, DPLA (2013)
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• DBpedia (2009) • research project using
Wikipedia data
• Europeana, European Library, DPLA (2013)
• BBC (2014) • custom ontologies
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Corporations
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• Google, Yahoo, Bing (2011) • Schema.org &
microdata SEO
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• Google, Yahoo, Bing (2011) • Schema.org &
microdata SEO
• OCLC, Zepheira (2012)
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• Google, Yahoo, Bing (2011) • Schema.org &
microdata SEO
• OCLC, Zepheira (2012)
• Talis (2012) • abandons semantic
web business
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Canada
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• BANQ (2013) • LODLAM summit
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• BANQ (2013) • LODLAM summit
• LAC • $30M funding cut • 20% staff cut
• Canadiana • ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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How can we do better?
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①
• “librarians in Canada must work across departments, institutions, and countries to create new workflows and tools”
• Participation, not emulation
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We must participate internationally
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• Disparity between web & library worldview
• From passive consumers to active developers of web technology
• eg. LDOW 2016 (Montreal): no library representation
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We must contribute to the web community
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• “Linked Data … [will] ensure that Canada’s cultural heritage is easily discoverable”
• Misunderstanding of Linked Data, Open Data, and the Semantic Web
• Moving our data into the web, where it will live
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We must think differently about data
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• Lack of commitment to learning about technology & how to use new tools
• Culture of inaction and fear
• Stop waiting for someone else to do it
• ask questions, try things, learn how the web works
④
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We must all learn about technology
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• Attachment to traditional vendors & business models
• How does Linked Data fit into the business /revenue model?
• What is open (and not) and why (and not)?Linked Data is not necessarily Open Data
⑤
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We must work together honestly
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• Experimentation & funding: investment in libraries’ technological independence
• Vaccine against technical debt
• eg. Open Source web & library technology
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We must embrace openness and share
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Final Perspective
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Linked Data
Open Data
The Semantic
Web
Legal rights
Technology
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Linked Data
Open Data
The Semantic
Web
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