RDA and Linked Data Steve Henry University of Maryland March 2, 2013

Encoding RDA Data One more time: RDA is a content standard not a display standard ▫It is also not an encoding standard Examples so far have shown RDA in a MARC environment But RDA is also designed to be flexible. ▫Can be encoded in MODS, Dublin Core, etc…. ▫…and in RDF

RDF-Resource Description Framework RDF is a Web standard for describing any thing, concept, or relationship Each thing, concept, and relationship is represented by a globally unique URI Relationships between these entities are represented by RDA triples in the form: subject, predicate, object For example…

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Linked Data A set of best practices for ▫Sharing data ▫On the Web ▫In machine-readable form Four rules ▫Provide a URI ▫Make the URI an HTTP URL ▫Provide interesting information ▫Link to other URIs so more things can be discovered

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BIBFRAME Full name: Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative Initiative of the Library of Congress Essentially a linked data model for library bibliographic data Potential replacement/supplement for MARC

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BIBFRAME Each instance gets a URI Relationships between works, instances, authorities, places, recorded Needs to be harmonized with FRBR— Expressions? ▫FRBR seen as an abstract model ▫BIBFRAME is a Web implementation

BIBFRAME Timeline May 2011: Initiative announced May Zepheira contracted Fall Use cases tested November Bibliographic Framework as a Web of Data (high-level model) October and December Face-to-face meetings with early experimenters

Early Experimenters British Library Deutsche National Bibliotek DNB George Washington University Library National Library of Medicine Princeton Library

Bibliography kedDatahttps://delicious.com/spurioso/tag_bundle/Lin kedData Great introductory video! ▫

RDA MDR Discovery BIBFRAME Linked Data

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Talk to vendors ▫Show them MDR ▫Ask them what their plans are for L.D. Follow BIBFRAME development ▫Bibframe.org Look for RDA records in your discovery tools ▫Think about search strategies ▫Ask a cataloger for help! Link your data ▫Discographies, bibliographies, thematic catalogs ▫Digital Humanities projects