1. Ex Libris, LOD and BIBFRAME
Asaf Kline | Director, Alma Product Management

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Vision Statement

3. Vision Statement
Ex Libris sees clear advantage of using linked data, for library staff as well as for end users
Library data is well positioned (highly structured) to take the best advantage of linked data services

4. Catalogers and Library Staff
Vision Statement
Catalogers and Library Staff
Authority Control Authority control via Linked Data is more immediate, internationalized and more transparent
Adding Metadata while cataloging Catalogers may be presented with additional enriched data can complement the cataloging process
Supply data and additional services related to suppliers and publishers as integral part of the library flows

5. Vision Statement End Users
Enhanced searching Patron searches may be automatically enhanced based on linked data
Outbound links End users may be presented with links to related information based on URIs stored with the metadata
Exploration Use the web/graph created by the linked data to facilitate a new category of information search

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LOD and Alma

7. LOD and Alma – Current Status
Many of the Alma objects are accessible using URIs
Alma supports a wide variety of RESTful web services returning JSON output
All Alma objects referenced by URIs in the outputs

8. Types of services for which URIs will be generated include:
LOD and Alma - Planned
Add end-to-end support for adding URIs as part of the cataloging process
Types of services for which URIs will be generated include: LC
VIAF
GND
Geonames
Generating URIs from internal identifiers

9. Show a linked data services menu in:
LOD and Alma - Planned
Show a linked data services menu in:
Repository search results
Metadata Editor menu
Publish LOD enriched metadata to external systems
Discovery
Other

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BIBFRAME and Alma

11. BIBFRAME and Alma
BIBFRAME is on the way to becoming a viable bibliographic description data model
Alma will evolve its support in stages, as the model matures
LOD support is a necessary building block for this evolution

12. BIBFRAME and Alma
Alma’s metadata format ‘agnostic’ architecture supports a clear roadmap for implementing BIBFRAME
Alma today can support (natively) multiple formats in the same catalog
Marc21
Dublin Core
Unimarc
Kormarc ID
Version
Relational Fields
Operational
Record
“Native”
Format

13. BIBFRAME and Alma Phase 1 Phase 2
Support import and export in the BIBFRAME format
Crosswalk to one of the supported Native formats
Phase 2
Support existing MARC, DC and BIBFRAME together. This allows customer to evolve into BIBFRAME

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LOD and Primo

15. Current Status - Primo
The recent release of Primo Central and Primo have linked data services (beta):
RESTful search returning URIs
URIs return JSON LD
The new services will be available to SaaS and local customers just like any other API (not via the API GW)

16. Primo RESTful Search API {
"
"
"PNX",
"results": "1",
"PNX": [
{ "
"type": "book",
"title": "Studien und Plaudereien First Series",
"creator": [ "Stern, Sigmon Martin", "Barak Hecht"],
"date": "2007",
"publisher": "Burlington, VT : Ashgate",
"language": "
"format": "online_resources“ } ] }
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17. Primo JSON-LD
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18. Primo – April 2015 release
Extend the RESTful search to support all features currently supported by the old search services
Support customer local fields in the JSON LD output