tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338174527262061848.post1517928649197847460..comments2023-09-29T08:51:56.163-07:00Comments on Coyle's InFormation: Yee: Questions 1-2Karen Coylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02519757456533839003noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338174527262061848.post-61364005911177423512009-07-11T05:32:20.397-07:002009-07-11T05:32:20.397-07:00Arkham -- RDA (the rules the JSC authored) won'...Arkham -- RDA (the rules the JSC authored) won't itself get us to linked data, but I think that the fact that we need to undergo changes to accommodate RDA in our data format and systems gives us an opportunity to move our data more toward compatibility with linked data. RDA does encourage that somewhat because it embraces FRBR, and FRBR does introduce an entity-relationship view of library data.<br /><br />In particular, the change gives us a chance to scrutinize our data elements in light of desired linking functions. Actually, just looking at our data elements as DATA rather than the elements of a document that describes a bibliographic resource would be a step in the right direction. For example, <i>title</i> is more than what we put on the title line of our displays, it could be a key link to other bibliographic resources like Amazon or Wikipedia. And <i>author</i> should be seen as a very rich link, going not only to biographies, but (for living authors) web pages, fan sites, etc. This is the change in thinking that will help us link.<br /><br />I don't know if anyone mentioned it at the pre-conference, but RDA online is going to be linking to <a href="http://metadataregistry.org" rel="nofollow">the Metadata Registry</a> which has registered each RDA data element and controlled lists in linked-data compliant format. (Either RDF or SKOS) It only sort-of works because the RDA elements weren't really designed as linked data components, so I think there will be some evolution before we are producing actual linked data. but it's a start and a way to experiment. Go to the registry and you can view RDA elements in various formats, including RDF/XML.Karen Coylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02519757456533839003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338174527262061848.post-48889241329968323632009-07-10T20:26:35.113-07:002009-07-10T20:26:35.113-07:00Some of what you're talking about here in the ...Some of what you're talking about here in the answer to #2 sounds a lot like what the presenters at the ALA preconference on RDA FRBR and FRAD were discussing. They didn't talk about SKOS at all, and I think in some cases they were thinking of the links as being within a closed system (ie. one of the ubiquitous library silos) but the concepts seem very similar. <br /><br />Do you see RDA as having any bearing on making the data more available for this kind of semantic linkage, or do you think is RDA not really going to help get us there?arkhamnoreply@blogger.com