1. RDA data, r-balls, and Jane-athons Gordon Dunsire Presented at the CIGS 2015 Post AGM Seminar: RIMMF 3 & RDA data balls Edinburgh, 20 May 2015

2. What is RDA data? Data conforming to the guidance and instructions of RDA: Resource Description and Access. Data conforming to the FRBR/FRAD/FRSAD models Data conforming to the Dublin Core Abstract Model (DCAM) Library linked data for the Semantic Web

3. “This work has author Gordon Dunsire” Resource Description Framework (RDF) Subject – Predicate - Object Subject Predicate Object “This work” “has author” “Gordon Dunsire” ? ? ? Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) ex:1Bd38 ex:ZX3G5 “literal” For machines For humans Triple!

4. ex: “This work” “Gordon Dunsire” ex:“has author” ex: Gordon Dunsire ex:“has author” ex: “This work” ex:“is author of” ex:“has name” “G. J. Dunsire” ex:“has alternate name” ex: Scotland ex:“has country of birth” “RDA and the Semantic Web” ex:“has title” ex: “That work” ex:“has derivative work” ex:“is derivative work of” One giant global graph

5. What is an r-ball? A set of linked/connected data about a “resource” – Usually focussing on a specific person, work, etc. E.g. Jane Austen, Agatha Christie, Blade Runner Using RDA instructions and elements In RIMMF or RDF (linked data) format Equivalent to a “record” What is an RDA record?

6. Corporate BodyPersonFamily RDA Entity attributes WorkExpressionManifestationItem identifier for the work right ascension and declination preferred title for the work identifier for the expression projection of cartographic content language of the expression identifier for the manifestation extent of cartographic resource title proper identifier for the item human/machine identifier identifier component Is this a record?

7. 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…” A record?

8. Application: FRBRized Linked data W1 E1 M1 I1 P1 P2 C1 F1 W2 W3 “…“ E5 Machine-actionable Human-actionable

9. What is a Jane-athon? A “hackathon” for developing r-balls Cataloguers use RIMMF to import or create RDA data – With a specific Person, Work, or other RDA entity in focus – Augmenting a base r-ball of authoritative Work, Expression, and creator Agent data First hackathon focussed on Jane Austen …

10. 10 The Jane-athon ALA Midwinter 2015 Preconference January 30, 2015 Part One Introductions

11. 11 Dos and Don’ts Jane advises: Don’t panic!  Have fun!  Question everything: We all have a lot to learn about RDA outside MARC (the FRBR/RDA model)  Think about Relationships (suggest new designators, etc.)  Think about MARC  Get hung up on descriptive stuff (punctuation, abbreviations, etc.) Do: Don’t:

12. What comes out of a Jane-athon? Pure RDA data for resources in focus – Pure RDA linked open data Experience of using RDA the way it is intended A glimpse of the future for cataloguing and resource discovery Feedback to the development and improvement of RDA Loads of fun!

13. rballs.info

16. The London Ag-athon, Friday 22 May 2015, UCL

17. The second Jane-athon 26 June 2015 San Francisco USA Be at the Jane-In  Jane at the Be-in

18. JSC Meeting National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh 2-6 November 2015 Observers welcome * A Scottish Jane-athon * 9 Nov 2015? (Burns-athon?) (RLS-athon?) Hosted by CIGS Calling all RIMMFers!

19. Thank you! jscchair@rdatoolkit.org http://rballs.info http://rballs.info/topics/p/jane/ http://www.rdaregistry.info/